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Exodus 11:4

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And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses [was] very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.	And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:	And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Moses^H4872 said^H559, Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068, About midnight^{H3915 H2676} will I go out^H3318 into the midst^H8432 of Egypt^H4714:

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה כַּחֲצֹת הַלַּיְלָה אֲנִי יֹוצֵא בְּתֹוךְ מִצְרָיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	H4872	HNp	Moses
כֹּ֖ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כַּ/חֲצֹ֣ת	ka./cha.Tzot	H2676	HR/Ncfsc	about/ (the) middle of
הַ/לַּ֔יְלָה	ha./Lay.lah	H3915	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ night
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
יוֹצֵ֖א	yo.Tze'	H3318	HVqrmsa	(am) about to go out
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ	be./Tokh	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) midst of
מִצְרָֽיִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H2676 — חָצוֹת (châtsôwth, khaw-tsoth'): lemma חָעוֹת ayin, corrected to חָצוֹת; from חָצָהlemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה; the middle (of the night); mid(-night).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.

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