Exodus 12:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Moyses called for the elders of Israel, and sayde vnto them: Choose out, and take you to euery housholde of you a lambe, and kyll the passouer.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְכָל־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ וּקְח֨וּ לָכֶ֥ם צֹ֛אן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ הַפָּֽסַח׃

Transliteration

wa-yiqrā' mōšeh to all-ziqnê yiśrā'ēl wa-yō'mer to them: miškû and qəḥû for you ṣō'n for mišpəḥōtêkem and šaḥăṭû the pāsaḥ.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yiqrā'*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ziqnê*: masculine plural construct noun - elders of
• *yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wa-yō'mer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *miškû*: qal imperative masculine plural - draw out/select
• *qəḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - take
• *ṣō'n*: collective noun - flock/sheep
• *mišpəḥōtêkem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your families
• *šaḥăṭû*: qal imperative masculine plural - slaughter
• *pāsaḥ*: noun with definite article - the passover

Word Meanings

• *miškû*: draw out/select/pull/withdraw
• *ṣō'n*: flock/sheep/goats
• *pāsaḥ*: passover/passover sacrifice

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:3 : 3 Speake ye vnto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth daye of this moneth, euery man take vnto hym a lambe according to ye house of the fathers, a lambe throughout euery house.
• Mark 14:12-16 : 12 And the first day of vnleuened bread, when they dyd sacrifice the Passouer, his disciples sayde vnto hym: Where wylt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eate the Passouer? 13 And he sendeth foorth two of his disciples, and sayth vnto them: Go ye into the citie, & there shall meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water, folowe him. 14 And whyther soeuer he goeth in, say ye to the good man of the house, the maister sayth: Where is the ghest chaumber, where I shall eate the Pasouer with my disciples? 15 And he wyll shewe you a large vpper chaumber, paued and prepared: there make redy for vs. 16 And his disciples went foorth, & came into the citie, & founde as he had sayd vnto them: & they made redy the Passouer.
• Luke 22:7-9 : 7 Then came the day of sweete breade, when of necessitie the Passouer must be offered. 8 And he sent Peter and Iohn, saying: Go and prepare vs the Passouer, that we may eate. 9 They sayde vnto hym: Where wylt thou that we prepare? 10 And he sayde vnto them: Beholde, when ye enter into the citie, there shall a man meete you, bearyng a pitcher of water, hym folowe into the same house that he entreth in. 11 And ye shall say vnto the good man of the house, the maister saith vnto thee, where is the ghest chamber, where I shall eate ye Passouer with my disciples? 12 And he shal shew you an vpper chamber prepared, there make redye. 13 And they went, and founde as he had sayde vnto them: and they made redye the Passouer.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And dyd all drynke of one maner of spirituall drynke. (And they dranke of that spirituall rocke that folowed them, which rocke was Christe.)
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and thou shalt saye vnto them, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me, and sayde: In visityng, haue I visited you, and know that which is done to you in Egypt.
• Exod 12:11 : 11 Of this maner shall ye eate it: with your loynes girded, and your shooes on your feete, and your staffe in your hand, and ye shall eate it in haste: for it is the Lordes passouer.
• Exod 17:5 : 5 And the Lorde said vnto Moyses: Go before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel: & thy rod wherewith thou smotest the ryuer take in thine hande, and go.
• Exod 19:7 : 7 Moyses came and called for the elders of the people, and layde before theyr faces all these wordes whiche the Lorde commaunded hym.
• Num 9:2-5 : 2 Let the children of Israel celebrate the Passouer at the tyme appoynted thervnto: 3 Euen ye fourteenth day of this moneth at euen: ye shall kepe it in his season accordyng to all the ceremonies of it, and according to all the maners therof, shall ye kepe it. 4 And Moyses spake vnto the children of Israel, that they should celebrate the Passouer. 5 And they kept the Passouer the foureteenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the Lorde comaunded Moyses, euen so dyd the children of Israel.
• Num 11:16 : 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Gather vnto me threscore and ten men of the elders of Israel, which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people & officers ouer them: and thou shalt bryng them vnto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stande there with thee:
• Josh 5:10 : 10 And the children of Israel abode in Gilgal, and helde the feast of Passouer the fourteenth day of the moneth at euen, in the playne of Iericho.
• 2 Kgs 23:21 : 21 And the king commaunded all the people, saying: Kepe the feast of Passouer vnto the Lorde your God, as it is written in the booke of this couenaunt.
• 2 Chr 30:15-17 : 15 And they slue Passouer the foureteenth day of the second moneth: And the priestes and Leuites which were ashamed, sanctified them selues, and brought in the burnt offringes into the house of the Lorde. 16 And they stoode in their office after their maner and according to the lawe of Moyses the man of God: And the priestes sprinckled the blood, which they receaued of the hande of the Leuites. 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified, and therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of the Passouer for euery one that was not cleane, to sanctifie him vnto the Lorde.
• 2 Chr 35:5-6 : 5 And stand in the holy place, according to the deuision of the auncient housholdes of your brethren the children of the people, and after the deuision of the auncient housholdes of the Leuites: 6 Kill passouer, and sanctifie your selues, & prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hande of Moyses.
• Ezra 6:20 : 20 For the priestes and Leuites were purified all together, & killed Passouer for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the priestes, and for them selues.
• Matt 26:17-19 : 17 The first day of sweete bread, the disciples came to Iesus, saying vnto him: Where wylt thou that we prepare for thee, to eate the Passouer? 18 And he saide: Go into the citie, to such a man, and say vnto hym, the maister sayth, my tyme is at hand, I wyll kepe the Passouer at thy house, with my disciples. 19 And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them: and they made redye the Passouer.