Exodus 6:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ וַיְצַוֵּם֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְהוֹצִ֥יא אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wə-yədabbēr YHWH unto-Mōšeh and-unto-ʾAhărōn wə-yəṣawwēm unto-bənê Yiśrāʾēl and-unto-parʿōh melek Miṣrāyim to-bring-out ʾet-bənê-Yiśrāʾēl from-ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *wə-yədabbēr*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• unto-*Mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun *ʾel-Mōšeh* - to Moses
• and-unto-*ʾAhărōn*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun *wə-ʾel-ʾAhărōn* - and to Aaron
• *wə-yəṣawwēm*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he commanded them
• unto-*bənê Yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + noun construct + proper noun *ʾel-bənê Yiśrāʾēl* - to the children of Israel
• and-unto-*parʿōh*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun *wə-ʾel-parʿōh* - and to Pharaoh
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• to-bring-out: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct *lə-hôṣîʾ* - to bring out
• *ʾet-bənê-Yiśrāʾēl*: direct object marker + noun construct + proper noun - the children of Israel
• from-*ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim*: preposition + noun construct + proper noun *mē-ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim* - from the land of Egypt

Word Meanings

• *yədabbēr*: spoke, talked, addressed
• *YHWH*: Yahweh, LORD, the divine name
• *Mōšeh*: Moses
• *ʾAhărōn*: Aaron
• *yəṣawwēm*: he commanded them, he charged them, he ordered them
• *bənê Yiśrāʾēl*: children of Israel, Israelites
• *parʿōh*: Pharaoh
• *melek*: king, ruler, sovereign
• *Miṣrāyim*: Egypt, Egyptians
• *lə-hôṣîʾ*: to bring out, to lead out, to take out
• *ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim*: land of Egypt, territory of Egypt

Referenced Verses

• Num 27:19 : 19 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
• Num 27:23 : 23 and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as Jehovah spake by Moses.
• Deut 31:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
• Ps 91:11 : 11 For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
• Matt 4:6 : 6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may war the good warfare;
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and {G2962} Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I {G3853} charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on {G2198} God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and of {G2962} Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: