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Exodus 4:23

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And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:	And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.	And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I say^H559 unto thee, Let my son^H1121 go^H7971, that he may serve^H5647 me: and if thou refuse^H3985 to let him go^H7971, behold, I will slay^H2026 thy son^H1121, even thy firstborn^H1060.

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Original Hebrew

וָאֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ שַׁלַּח אֶת־בְּנִי וְיַעַבְדֵנִי וַתְּמָאֵן לְשַׁלְּחֹו הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הֹרֵג אֶת־בִּנְךָ בְּכֹרֶךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וָ/אֹמַ֣ר	va./'o.Mar	H559	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I said
אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ	'e.Lei./kha	H413	HR/Sp2ms	to/ you
שַׁלַּ֤ח	sha.Lach	H7971	HVpv2ms	let go
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּנִ/י֙	be.N/i	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	son/ my
וְ/יַֽעַבְדֵ֔/נִי	ve./ya.'av.De./ni	H5647	HC/Vqj3ms/Sp1cp	so/ he may serve/ me
וַ/תְּמָאֵ֖ן	va./te.ma.'En	H3985	HC/Vpw2ms	and/ you refused
לְ/שַׁלְּח֑/וֹ	le./sha.le.Ch/o	H7971	HR/Vpc/Sp3ms	to/ let go/ him
הִנֵּה֙	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
אָנֹכִ֣י	'a.no.Khi	H595	HPp1cs	I
הֹרֵ֔ג	ho.Reg	H2026	HVqrmsa	(am) about to kill
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בִּנְ/ךָ֖	bin./Kha	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	son/ your
בְּכֹרֶֽ/ךָ	be.kho.Re./kha	H1060	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	firstborn/ your

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.
• 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.
• H3985 — מָאֵן (mâʼên, maw-ane'): a primitive root; to refuse; refuse, [idiom] utterly.
• H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
• 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:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
• 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).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (11): Genesis 6:2, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 9:1, Exodus 9:2, Exodus 14:17, Deuteronomy 14:1, 2 Kings 1:16, 1 Chronicles 2:42, Isaiah 63:8, Jeremiah 2:3, Malachi 1:6

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ADOPTION, MOSES

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