Exodus 6:13

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring 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 set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
• Num 27:23 : 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
• Deut 31:14 : 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Ps 91:11 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
• Matt 4:6 : 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;