Exodus 11:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כַּחֲצֹ֣ת הַלַּ֔יְלָה אֲנִ֥י יוֹצֵ֖א בְּת֥וֹךְ מִצְרָֽיִם

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer Mōšeh thus ʾāmar YHWH about-ḥăṣōṯ the-laylâh ʾănî yôṣēʾ in-tôḵ Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
• *YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ḥăṣōṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - middle/midnight
• *laylâh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the night
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *yôṣēʾ*: qal participle, masculine singular - going out/coming forth
• *tôḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper name - Egypt

Word Meanings

• *ḥăṣōṯ*: midnight/half/dividing of the night
• *yôṣēʾ*: going out/will go out

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:29 : 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
• Amos 4:10 : 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
• Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
• Ps 60:10 : 10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off{H8804)}? and thou, O God, which didst not go out{H8799)} with our armies?
• Isa 42:13 : 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
• Amos 5:17 : 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
• Mic 2:13 : 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
• Matt 25:6 : 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
• 2 Sam 5:24 : 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Exod 12:23 : 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.