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And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: (KJV)
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וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙vai.yif.ge.'Uand they met
Lemma: פָּגַע (pa.ga) · Strong's: H6293
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to fall on
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:1, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 23:4, Numbers 35:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6293; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 2
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 3
וְאֶֽת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 4
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaron
Lemma: אַהֲרֹן (a.ha.ron) · Strong's: H0175
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Aaron
Used 347 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:27, Exodus 4:28, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 4:30, Exodus 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0175; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 5
נִצָּבִ֖יםni.tza.Vimstanding
Lemma: נָצַב (na.tsav) · Strong's: H5324
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)
Meaning: to stand
Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5324; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 6
לִקְרָאתָ֑םlik.ra.Tamto meet them
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7122G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to encounter: meet
Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 14:17, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 29:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7122G; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 7
בְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.Tamwhen came out they
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 8
מֵאֵ֥תme.'Etfrom with
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 9
פַּרְעֹֽה\׃par.'OhPharaoh
Lemma: פַּרְעֹה (par.oh) · Strong's: H6547J
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)
Meaning: Pharaoh
Used 118 times. Also: Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:11, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 4:22, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6547J; TAHOT Exodus 5:20 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When they left | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| . . . | → | אֵת H0854 with |
| Pharaoh | → | פַּרְעֹה H6547J Pharaoh |
| they confronted | → | פָּגַע H6293 to fall on |
| Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
| and Aaron | → | אַהֲרֹן H0175 Aaron |
| who stood | → | נָצַב H5324 to stand |
| waiting to meet them | → | קָרָא H7122G to encounter: meet |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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