Exodus 14:12
{ "verseID": "Exodus.14.12", "source": "הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤יךָ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לָ֙נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר", "text": "*hă-lōʾ*-*zeh* *ha-dāḇār* *ʾăšer* *dibbarnû* *ʾêleḵā* *ḇə-Miṣrayim* *lēʾmōr* *ḥădal* *mimmennû* *wə-naʿaḇdāh* *ʾeṯ*-*Miṣrayim* *kî* *ṭôḇ* *lānû* *ʿăḇōd* *ʾeṯ*-*Miṣrayim* *mi-muṯēnû* *ba-midbār*", "grammar": { "*hă-lōʾ*": "interrogative + negative particle - is not", "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this", "*ha-dāḇār*": "article + noun, masculine singular - the word/thing", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*dibbarnû*": "Piel perfect, 1st common plural - we spoke", "*ʾêleḵā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you", "*ḇə-Miṣrayim*": "preposition + proper noun - in Egypt", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying", "*ḥădal*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - cease/leave", "*mimmennû*": "preposition + 1st common plural suffix - from us", "*wə-naʿaḇdāh*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st common plural - and let us serve", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*lānû*": "preposition + 1st common plural suffix - for us", "*ʿăḇōd*": "Qal infinitive construct - to serve", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians", "*mi-muṯēnû*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 1st common plural suffix - than our dying", "*ba-midbār*": "preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness" }, "variants": { "*hă-lōʾ-zeh ha-dāḇār*": "is this not the word/is this not the thing", "*dibbarnû*": "we spoke/we told", "*ḥădal mimmennû*": "leave us alone/cease from us", "*wə-naʿaḇdāh*": "and let us serve/and we will serve", "*ṭôḇ lānû*": "better for us/good for us", "*ʿăḇōd ʾeṯ-Miṣrayim*": "to serve Egypt/to serve the Egyptians", "*mi-muṯēnû*": "than our dying/than for us to die" } }