Exodus 3:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁאֲלָ֨ה אִשָּׁ֤ה מִשְּׁכֶנְתָּהּ֙ וּמִגָּרַ֣ת בֵּיתָ֔הּ כְּלֵי־כֶ֛סֶף וּכְלֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב וּשְׂמָלֹ֑ת וְשַׂמְתֶּ֗ם עַל־בְּנֵיכֶם֙ וְעַל־בְּנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְנִצַּלְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-šāʾălāh ʾiššāh from-šeḵentāh and-from-gārat bêtāh kelê-kesef and-kelê zāhāḇ and-śemālōt and-śamtem on-benêḵem and-on-benōtêḵem and-niṣṣaltem ʾet-Miṣrayim.

Grammar Details

*šāʾălāh*: perfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and she will ask
*ʾiššāh*: noun, feminine singular - woman
*šeḵentāh*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her neighbor
*gārat*: participle, feminine singular construct, qal - sojourner of
*bêtāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her house
*kelê*: noun, masculine plural construct - vessels/articles of
*kesef*: noun, masculine singular - silver
*zāhāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - gold
*śemālōt*: noun, feminine plural - garments/clothing
*śamtem*: perfect, 2nd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and you shall put
*benêḵem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your sons
*benōtêḵem*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your daughters
*niṣṣaltem*: perfect, 2nd masculine plural, piel with waw consecutive - and you shall plunder
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*šāʾălāh*: she will ask/she will request/she will borrow
*šeḵentāh*: her neighbor/her female neighbor/woman who lives near her
*gārat*: sojourner of/female guest of/female resident alien of
*kelê*: vessels/articles/items/objects
*śemālōt*: garments/clothing/clothes
*śamtem*: you shall put/you shall place/you shall set
*niṣṣaltem*: you shall plunder/you shall strip/you shall despoil

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 39:10 : 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
Exod 11:2 : 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
Ps 105:37 : 37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Gen 15:14 : 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Exod 12:35-36 : 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 12:34-36
3 verses
86%
34And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Exod 11:1-3
3 verses
85%
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
3And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
Exod 3:21
83%
21And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
Ezek 23:26
75%
26They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Exod 32:2-3
2 verses
73%
2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
Num 31:50-51
2 verses
72%
50We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
Exod 25:3
71%
3And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exod 33:5-6
2 verses
71%
5For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
Isa 3:19-21
3 verses
71%
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
21The rings, and nose jewels,
Judg 8:24-26
3 verses
71%
24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey.(For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Gen 45:19-20
2 verses
71%
19Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Exod 10:6
70%
6And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
Exod 35:22
70%
22And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
Josh 22:8
70%
8And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
Gen 34:29
69%
29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Gen 45:22
69%
22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
Deut 20:14
69%
14But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Num 31:53
69%
53( For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Exod 1:22
69%
22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Gen 24:53
69%
53And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Isa 30:22
69%
22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Num 3:50
69%
50Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Joel 3:5
69%
5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Exod 12:32
68%
32Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Num 31:11
68%
11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
Num 31:9
68%
9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Exod 35:5
68%
5Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exod 13:14
68%
14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
Prov 1:13
68%
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Jer 43:12
68%
12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
2 Chr 20:25
68%
25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
Gen 12:15
68%
15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.