Exodus 4:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֙ בְּמִדְיָ֔ן לֵ֖ךְ שֻׁ֣ב מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּי־מֵ֙תוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer YHWH to-Mōšeh in-Midyān lēk šūb Miṣrāyim because-mētû all-the-ʾănāšîm the-mĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšekā.

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*Midyān*: proper noun - Midian
*lēk*: qal imperative, masculine singular - go
*šūb*: qal imperative, masculine singular - return
*Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
*mētû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they died
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*mĕbaqqĕšîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - seeking
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*napšekā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your life

Word Meanings

*mĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšekā*: seeking your life/attempting to kill you

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Referenced Verses

Exod 2:15 : 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Exod 2:23 : 23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Matt 2:20 : 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Exod 4:18
83%
18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Exod 4:20-21
2 verses
76%
20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Exod 2:14-15
2 verses
76%
14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
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Exod 4:24
75%
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16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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74%
21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
22And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Num 31:1-3
3 verses
73%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Exod 18:8
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8And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Num 31:15
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Num 14:13
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Exod 12:33
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33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
Exod 6:10-11
2 verses
72%
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Exod 19:3
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3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Exod 14:1
72%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Acts 7:28
72%
28Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Exod 11:4
72%
4And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
Jer 42:17
72%
17So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Num 16:29
72%
29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
Num 25:10
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Lev 19:1
72%
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Num 14:3-4
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72%
3And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
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Exod 17:4-5
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4And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
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Exod 18:1
72%
1When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Exod 3:1
71%
1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Lev 24:13
71%
13And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 10:10
71%
10And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
Num 14:39
71%
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Num 31:7
71%
7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Num 16:44
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44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Matt 2:20
71%
20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Exod 14:13
71%
13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
Lev 18:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 14:11
71%
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Exod 14:15
71%
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Exod 32:12
71%
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Exod 18:27
71%
27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Num 4:21
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21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 14:26
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