Exodus 14:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־לֵ֤ב פַּרְעֹה֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ף אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יֹצְאִ֖ים בְּיָ֥ד רָמָֽה

Transliteration

wa-yəḥazzēq YHWH ʾeṯ-lēḇ Parʿōh meleḵ Miṣrayim wa-yirdōph ʾaḥărê bənê Yiśrāʾēl û-ḇnê Yiśrāʾēl yōṣəʾîm bə-yād rāmāh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəḥazzēq*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he strengthened/hardened
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *lēḇ*: noun, masculine singular construct - heart of
• *Parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *wa-yirdōph*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he pursued
• *ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *û-ḇnê*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of
• *yōṣəʾîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural - going out
• *bə-yād*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - with hand
• *rāmāh*: adjective, feminine singular - high/upraised

Word Meanings

• *wa-yəḥazzēq*: and he hardened/and he strengthened
• *wa-yirdōph*: and he pursued/and he chased
• *yōṣəʾîm*: going out/departing/leaving
• *bə-yād rāmāh*: with a high hand/with an upraised hand/boldly/defiantly

Referenced Verses

• Num 33:3 : 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
• Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
• Exod 14:4 : 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
• Deut 26:8 : 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
• Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
• Exod 6:1 : 1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
• Exod 13:9 : 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
• Exod 13:16 : 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
• Exod 13:18 : 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
• Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from the lowest hell.