Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleDid we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” Young's Literal Translation Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?’ King James Bible [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. Hebrew {Did we} notהֲלֹא־ (hă·lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no say דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ (dib·bar·nū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to you אֵלֶ֤יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to in Egypt, בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ (ḇə·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa ‘Leave us alone חֲדַ֥ל (ḥă·ḏal) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle so that we may serve וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה (wə·na·‘aḇ·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the Egyptians’? מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it would have been better ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good for us לָ֙נוּ֙ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew to serve עֲבֹ֣ד (‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the Egyptians מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt than to die מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ (mim·mu·ṯê·nū) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill in the wilderness.” בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech |
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