Exodus 6:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַ֣ם ׀ אֲנִ֣י שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶֽת־נַאֲקַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִצְרַ֖יִם מַעֲבִדִ֣ים אֹתָ֑ם וָאֶזְכֹּ֖ר אֶת־בְּרִיתִֽי׃

Transliteration

and-also I šāmaʿtî ʾet-groaning bənê Yiśrāʾēl whom Miṣrayim maʿăḇîdîm them wā-ʾezkōr ʾet-my-covenant

Grammar Details

• and-also: conjunction + adverb *wə-ḡam* - and also
• I: personal pronoun, 1st singular *ʾănî* - I
• *šāmaʿtî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - I heard
• *ʾet*-groaning: direct object marker + noun construct *ʾet-naʾăqat* - the groaning of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• whom: relative pronoun *ʾăšer* - whom, which
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt, Egyptians
• *maʿăḇîdîm*: hiphil participle, masculine plural - enslaving, making work
• them: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix *ʾōtām* - them
• *wā-ʾezkōr*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I remembered
• *ʾet*-my-covenant: direct object marker + noun + 1st singular possessive suffix *ʾet-bərîtî* - my covenant

Word Meanings

• *šāmaʿtî*: I heard, I listened to, I heeded
• *naʾăqat*: groaning, moaning, cry of distress
• *bənê Yiśrāʾēl*: children of Israel, Israelites
• *Miṣrayim*: Egypt, Egyptians
• *maʿăḇîdîm*: enslaving, forcing to work, oppressing with labor
• *ʾezkōr*: I remembered, I recalled, I took notice of
• *bərîtî*: my covenant, my agreement, my promise

Referenced Verses

• Exod 2:24 : 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Ps 106:44-45 : 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Luke 1:54 : 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
• Luke 1:72 : 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
• Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
• Ps 105:8 : 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
• Gen 8:1 : 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswad;
• Gen 9:15 : 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.