Exodus 4:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֙ בְּמִדְיָ֔ן לֵ֖ךְ שֻׁ֣ב מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּי־מֵ֙תוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer YHWH to-Mōšeh in-Midyān lēk šūb Miṣrāyim because-mētû all-the-ʾănāšîm the-mĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšekā.

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*Midyān*: proper noun - Midian
*lēk*: qal imperative, masculine singular - go
*šūb*: qal imperative, masculine singular - return
*Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
*mētû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they died
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*mĕbaqqĕšîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - seeking
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*napšekā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your life

Word Meanings

*mĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšekā*: seeking your life/attempting to kill you

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 2:15 : 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Exod 2:23 : 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.
Matt 2:20 : 20 Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life.

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18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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10And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Num 16:29
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