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Exodus 2:19

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And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?	And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew [water] enough for us, and watered the flock.	And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they said^H559, An Egyptian^{H4713 H376} delivered^H5337 us out of the hand^H3027 of the shepherds^H7462, and also drew^H1802 water enough^H1802 for us, and watered^H8248 the flock^H6629.

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Original Hebrew

וַתֹּאמַרְןָ אִישׁ מִצְרִי הִצִּילָנוּ מִיַּד הָרֹעִים וְגַם־דָּלֹה דָלָה לָנוּ וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־הַצֹּאן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֹּאמַ֕רְןָ	va./to.Mar.na	H559	HC/Vqw3fp	and/ they said
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a man
מִצְרִ֔י	mitz.Ri	H4713	HNgmsa	Egyptian
הִצִּילָ֖/נוּ	hi.tzi.La./nu	H5337	HVhp3ms/Sp1cp	he rescued/ us
מִ/יַּ֣ד	mi./Yad	H3027	HR/Ncbsc	from/ (the) hand of
הָ/רֹעִ֑ים	ha./ro.'Im	H7462	HTd/Vqrmpa	the/ shepherds
וְ/גַם	ve./gam-	H1571	HC/Ta	and/ also
דָּלֹ֤ה	da.Loh	H1802	HVqa	carefully (to draw)
דָלָה֙	da.Lah	H1802	HVqp3ms	he drew
לָ֔/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	for (the)/ us
וַ/יַּ֖שְׁקְ	va/i.Yashk	H8248	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he watered
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/צֹּֽאן	ha./Tzon	H6629	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ flock

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.
• 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.
• H1802 — דָּלָה (dâlâh, daw-law'): a primitive root (compare דָּלַל); properly, to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver; draw (out), [idiom] enough, lift up.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H4713 — מִצְרִי (Mitsrîy, mits-ree'): from מִצְרַיִם; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim; Egyptian, of Egypt.
• H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
• H8248 — שָׁקָה (shâqâh, shaw-kaw'): a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to; cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See שָׁכַר, שָׁתָה.

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

• 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).
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

Cross References

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

• an Egyptian — Genesis 50:11
• and also — Genesis 29:10

Reciprocal references (1): Genesis 31:40

Related Topics

• Nave’s: JETHRO, MOSES, ZIPPORAH

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