Exodus 3:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה רָאֹ֥ה רָאִ֛יתִי אֶת־עֳנִ֥י עַמִּ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־צַעֲקָתָ֤ם שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י נֹֽגְשָׂ֔יו כִּ֥י יָדַ֖עְתִּי אֶת־מַכְאֹבָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Wayyōʾmer YHWH rāʾōh rāʾîtî ʾet-'ŏnî 'ammî that in-Miṣrayim and-ʾet-ṣa'ăqātām šāma'tî from-penê nōḡśāyw for yāda'tî ʾet-maḵʾōḇāyw.

Grammar Details

*Wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*rāʾōh*: infinitive absolute - seeing
*rāʾîtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen
*'ŏnî*: noun, masculine singular construct - affliction of
*'ammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*ṣa'ăqātām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their cry
*šāma'tî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I have heard
*penê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face/presence of
*nōḡśāyw*: participle, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his taskmasters
*yāda'tî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I know
*maḵʾōḇāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sufferings/pains

Word Meanings

*rāʾōh* *rāʾîtî*: I have surely seen/I have indeed seen/I have definitely seen
*'ŏnî*: affliction/suffering/distress
*nōḡśāyw*: his taskmasters/oppressors/overseers
*maḵʾōḇāyw*: his sufferings/pains/sorrows

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:44 : 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Exod 2:23-25 : 23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.
Neh 9:9 : 9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
Ps 22:24 : 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Exod 22:23 : 23 If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
1 Sam 9:16 : 16 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
Gen 18:21 : 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest that {G1410} cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted {G3987} like as [we are, yet] without sin.
Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

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