Exodus 12:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֨קָם פַּרְעֹ֜ה לַ֗יְלָה ה֤וּא וְכָל־עֲבָדָיו֙ וְכָל־מִצְרַ֔יִם וַתְּהִ֛י צְעָקָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־אֵ֣ין בַּ֔יִת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־שָׁ֖ם מֵֽת׃

Transliteration

And wayyāqām parʿōh laylāh he and all-ʿăḇāḏāyw and all-miṣrayim and wattəhî ṣəʿāqāh gəḏōlāh in-miṣrāyim because-not bayiṯ which not-there mēṯ.

Grammar Details

*wayyāqām*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arose
*parʿōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh
*laylāh*: noun masculine singular - night
*ʿăḇāḏāyw*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians
*wattəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and there was
*ṣəʿāqāh*: noun feminine singular - cry/outcry
*gəḏōlāh*: adjective feminine singular - great
*bayiṯ*: noun masculine singular - house
*mēṯ*: noun masculine singular - dead one/corpse

Word Meanings

*wayyāqām*: arose/got up/stood
*laylāh*: night/nighttime
*ṣəʿāqāh*: crying/wailing/outcry/shriek
*gəḏōlāh*: great/loud/intense
*bayiṯ*: house/household/dwelling

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 11:6 : 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
Amos 5:17 : 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
Matt 25:6 : 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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