Exodus 5:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם יֵ֧רֶא יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם וְיִשְׁפֹּ֑ט אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־רֵיחֵ֗נוּ בְּעֵינֵ֤י פַרְעֹה֙ וּבְעֵינֵ֣י עֲבָדָ֔יו לָֽתֶת־חֶ֥רֶב בְּיָדָ֖ם לְהָרְגֵֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmĕrû (they said) to them, yēreʾ (may see) YHWH (the LORD) upon you and wĕyišpōṭ (judge), ʾăšer (who) hibʾaštem (you have made odious) ʾet-rêḥēnû (our scent) in bĕʿênê (eyes of) parʿōh (Pharaoh) and in bĕʿênê (eyes of) ʿăbādāyw (his servants), to lātet (put) ḥereb (sword) in their bĕyādām (hand) to lĕhārgēnû (kill us).

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmĕrû*: qal imperfect waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they said
*yēreʾ*: qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - may he see/look
*YHWH*: proper divine name - the LORD
*ʿălêkem*: preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - upon you
*wĕyišpōṭ*: qal imperfect jussive with waw conjunction, 3rd person masculine singular - and may he judge
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*hibʾaštem*: hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have made stink/made odious
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*rêḥēnû*: masculine singular noun with 1st person plural suffix - our scent/odor
*bĕʿênê*: preposition + dual construct noun - in the eyes of
*parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*ʿăbādāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his servants
*lātet*: qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to give/put
*ḥereb*: feminine singular noun - sword
*bĕyādām*: preposition + feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their hand
*lĕhārgēnû*: qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition and 1st person plural suffix - to kill us

Word Meanings

*yēreʾ YHWH ʿălêkem wĕyišpōṭ*: may YHWH see/look upon you and judge/may YHWH take notice of you and render judgment
*hibʾaštem*: made stink/made odious/caused to be abhorred
*rêḥēnû*: our scent/our reputation/our standing
*bĕʿênê*: in the eyes of/in the sight of/in the opinion of
*lātet-ḥereb bĕyādām*: to put a sword in their hand/to give them a weapon

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Referenced Verses

Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Exod 6:9 : 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
1 Sam 13:4 : 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
1 Sam 27:12 : 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
2 Sam 10:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
1 Chr 19:6 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
Gen 16:5 : 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Joel 2:20 : 20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Exod 14:11 : 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Exod 4:31 : 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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