Exodus 11:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָרְד֣וּ כָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ֩ אֵ֨לֶּה אֵלַ֜י וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ־לִ֣י לֵאמֹ֗ר צֵ֤א אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בְּרַגְלֶ֔יךָ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֖ן אֵצֵ֑א וַיֵּצֵ֥א מֵֽעִם־פַּרְעֹ֖ה בָּחֳרִי־אָֽף

Transliteration

And-yārəḏû all-ʿăḇāḏeyḵā these to-ʾēlay and-hištaḥăwû-to-me lēʾmōr go-out ʾattâh and-all-the-ʿām ʾăšer-at-ragleyḵā and-after-ḵēn ʾēṣēʾ and-wayyēṣēʾ from-with-parʿōh in-ḥŏrî-ʾāp

Grammar Details

• *yārəḏû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they will come down
• *ʿăḇāḏeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servants
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st singular suffix - to me
• *hištaḥăwû*: hitpael perfect, 3rd common plural - they will bow down
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - to say
• *ʾattâh*: personal pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/that
• *ragleyḵā*: noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your feet
• *ḵēn*: adverb - thus/so
• *ʾēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will go out
• *wayyēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he went out
• *parʿōh*: proper name - Pharaoh
• *ḥŏrî*: noun, masculine singular construct - burning of
• *ʾāp*: noun, masculine singular - nose/anger

Word Meanings

• *hištaḥăwû*: bow down/prostrate/worship
• *ʾăšer-bəragleyḵā*: who are at your feet/who follow you
• *ḥŏrî-ʾāp*: burning anger/hot anger/fierce anger

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:31-33 : 31 And he sent for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Get up and go out from among my people, you and the children of Israel; go and give worship to the Lord as you have said. 32 And take your flocks and your herds as you have said, and be gone; and give me your blessing. 33 And the Egyptians were forcing the people on, to get them out of the land quickly; for they said, We are all dead men.
• Num 12:3 : 3 Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.
• Deut 29:24 : 24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
• Deut 32:24 : 24 They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
• Judg 4:10 : 10 Then Barak sent for Zebulun and Naphtali to come to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up after him, and Deborah went up with him.
• Judg 8:5 : 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
• 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.
• 2 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
• Ps 6:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
• Ezek 3:14 : 14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
• Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated.
• Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.