Numbers 33:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסְע֤וּ מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן מִֽמָּחֳרַ֣ת הַפֶּ֗סַח יָצְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּיָ֣ד רָמָ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wa-yisʿû from raʿməsēs in ḥōdeš hāriʾšôn in ḥămiššâ ʿāśār yôm for ḥōdeš hāriʾšôn from mimmŏḥŏraṯ hapesaḥ yāṣəʾû benê-yiśrāʾēl with yād rāmâ before ʿênê all-miṣrayim

Grammar Details

*wa*-*yisʿû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they journeyed/set out
*mēraʿməsēs*: preposition + proper noun - from Rameses
*baḥōdeš*: preposition + definite article + noun - in the month
*hāriʾšôn*: definite article + adjective - the first
*baḥămiššâ*: preposition + cardinal number - on the fifteenth
*ʿāśār*: cardinal number - ten (part of compound number 'fifteen')
*yôm*: noun, construct state - day of
*laḥōdeš*: preposition + definite article + noun - for the month
*mimmŏḥŏraṯ*: preposition + noun, construct state - from the day after
*hapesaḥ*: definite article + noun - the Passover
*yāṣəʾû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - went out/came forth
*benê*-*yiśrāʾēl*: construct state + proper noun - children/sons of Israel
*bəyād*: preposition + noun, construct state - with hand of/with power of
*rāmâ*: adjective, feminine singular - high/uplifted/exalted
*ləʿênê*: preposition + construct state plural - before the eyes of
*kol*-*miṣrayim*: noun construct + proper noun - all Egypt/all Egyptians

Word Meanings

*yisʿû*: journeyed/traveled/set out/departed
*ḥōdeš*: month/new moon
*mimmŏḥŏraṯ*: on the day after/the next day
*yād* *rāmâ*: high hand/uplifted hand/bold power/triumphantly/defiantly

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 14:8 : 8 And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
Exod 12:37 : 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.
Exod 13:4 : 4 This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
Exod 12:2 : 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Gen 47:11 : 11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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.
Ps 105:38 : 38 Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
Isa 52:12 : 12 For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
Mic 2:13 : 13 The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

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