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Exodus 13:15

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And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:	And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.	And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh^H6547 would hardly^H7185 let us go^H7971, that the LORD^H3068 slew^H2026 all the firstborn^H1060 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, both the firstborn^H1060 of man^H120, and the firstborn^H1060 of beast^H929: therefore I sacrifice^H2076 to the LORD^H3068 all that openeth^H6363 the matrix^H7358, being males^H2145; but all the firstborn^H1060 of my children^H1121 I redeem^H6299.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי כִּי־הִקְשָׁה פַרְעֹה לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ וַיַּהֲרֹג יְהֹוָה כָּל־בְּכֹור בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבְּכֹר אָדָם וְעַד־בְּכֹור בְּהֵמָה עַל־כֵּן אֲנִי זֹבֵחַ לַיהוָה כָּל־פֶּטֶר רֶחֶם הַזְּכָרִים וְכָל־בְּכֹור בָּנַי אֶפְדֶּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֗י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
הִקְשָׁ֣ה	hik.Shah	H7185	HVhp3ms	he made stubborn
פַרְעֹה֮	far.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
לְ/שַׁלְּחֵ/נוּ֒	le./sha.le.che./Nu	H7971	HR/Vpc/Sp1cp	to/ let go/ us
וַ/יַּהֲרֹ֨ג	va/i.ya.ha.Rog	H2026	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he killed
יְהֹוָ֤ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
בְּכוֹר֙	be.khOr	H1060	HNcmsa	firstborn
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ	be./'E.retz	H776	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) land of
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
מִ/בְּכֹ֥ר	mi./be.Khor	H1060	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) firstborn of
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	H120	HNcmsa	humankind
וְ/עַד	ve./'ad-	H5704	HC/R	and/ unto
בְּכ֣וֹר	be.Khor	H1060	HNcmsc	(the) firstborn of
בְּהֵמָ֑ה	be.he.Mah	H929	HNcfsa	livestock
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	there-
כֵּן֩	ken	H3651	HTm	-fore
אֲנִ֨י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
זֹבֵ֜חַ	zo.Ve.ach	H2076	HVqrmsa	(am) sacrificing
לַֽ/יהוָ֗ה	la./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	to/ Yahweh
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
פֶּ֤טֶר	Pe.ter	H6363	HNcmsc	firstborn of
רֶ֨חֶם֙	re.chem	H7358	HNcmsa	a womb
הַ/זְּכָרִ֔ים	ha./ze.kha.Rim	H2145	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ males
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ every
בְּכ֥וֹר	be.Khor	H1060	HNcmsc	(the) firstborn of
בָּנַ֖/י	ba.Na/i	H1121	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	sons/ my
אֶפְדֶּֽה	'ef.Deh	H6299	HVqi1cs	I redeem

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

Strong's References

• H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H929 — בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'): from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective); beast, cattle.
• H1060 — בְּכוֹר (bᵉkôwr, bek-ore'): from בָּכַר; firstborn; hence, chief; eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2026 — הָרַג (hârag, haw-rag'): a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
• H2076 — זָבַח (zâbach, zaw-bakh'): a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice); kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
• H2145 — זָכָר (zâkâr, zaw-kawr'): from זָכַר; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex); [idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).
• 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.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H6299 — פָּדָה (pâdâh, paw-daw'): a primitive root; to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve; [idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.
• H6363 — פֶּטֶר (peṭer, peh'-ter): or פִּטְרָה; from פָּטַר; a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix); firstling, openeth, such as open.
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H7185 — קָשָׁה (qâshâh, kaw-shaw'): a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications); be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
• H7358 — רֶחֶם (rechem, rekh'-em): from רָחַם; (compare רַחַם); the womb; matrix, womb.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

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.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• the Lord slew — Exodus 12:29
• therefore I — Exodus 13:12

Reciprocal references (16): Exodus 7:16, Exodus 11:5, Exodus 12:26, Exodus 34:20, Numbers 3:13, Numbers 8:17, Deuteronomy 6:7, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 78:3, Psalms 78:51, Psalms 111:4, Psalms 119:27, Psalms 135:8, Psalms 145:4, Isaiah 38:19, Ephesians 6:4

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: CHILDREN, FIRST BORN, THE, REDEMPTION
• Nave’s: CHILDREN, FIRSTBORN, FRONTLETS, INSTRUCTION, ISRAEL, MEMORIAL, THANKFULNESS, TOKEN

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