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Exodus 2:12

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← Exodus 2:11	Exodus 2:12 (KJV)	Exodus 2:13 →
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.	And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.	And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he looked^H6437 this way^H3541 and that way^H3541, and when he saw^H7200 that there was no man^H376, he slew^H5221 the Egyptian^H4713, and hid^H2934 him in the sand^H2344.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַמִּצְרִי וַיִּטְמְנֵהוּ בַּחֹול׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּ֤פֶן	va/i.Yi.fen	H6437	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he turned
כֹּה֙	koh	H3541	HD	thus
וָ/כֹ֔ה	va./Khoh	H3541	HC/D	and/ thus
וַ/יַּ֖רְא	va/i.Yar'	H7200	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he saw
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
אֵ֣ין	'ein	H369	HTn	there not
אִ֑ישׁ	'Ish	H376	HNcmsa	(was) a person
וַ/יַּךְ֙	va/i.yaKh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he struck down
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/מִּצְרִ֔י	ha./mitz.Ri	H4713	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Egyptian
וַֽ/יִּטְמְנֵ֖/הוּ	va/i.yit.me.Ne./hu	H2934	HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms	and/ he hid/ him
בַּ/חֽוֹל	ba./Chol	H2344	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ sand

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H2344 — חוֹל (chôwl, khole): from חוּל; sand (as round or whirling particles); sand.
• H2934 — טָמַן (ṭâman, taw-man'): a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); hide, lay privily, in secret.
• 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.
• H4713 — מִצְרִי (Mitsrîy, mits-ree'): from מִצְרַיִם; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim; Egyptian, of Egypt.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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.

Cross References

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

• he looked — Acts 7:24-26
• slew — Genesis 9:6

Reciprocal references (2): Exodus 2:17, Acts 7:23

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: EGYPT
• Nave’s: HOMICIDE, MOSES, RASHNESS, ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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