Exodus 6:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take 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 take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.
• Num 27:23 : 23 And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.
• Deut 31:14 : 14 At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.
• Ps 91:11 : 11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.
• Matt 4:6 : 6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;