Hebrew Interlinear
Exodus 1:11 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Exodus 1:11, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens And they built cities treasure for Pharaoh Pithom and Raamses”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ | H7760 | Therefore they did set | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 2 | עָלָיו֙ | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 3 | שָׂרֵ֣י | H8269 | a head person (of any rank or class) | |
| 4 | מִסִּ֔ים | H4522 | over them taskmasters | properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e., a tax in the form of forced labor |
| 5 | לְמַ֥עַן | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 6 | עַנֹּת֖וֹ | H6031 | to afflict | to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows) |
| 7 | בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם | H5450 | them with their burdens | porterage |
| 8 | וַיִּ֜בֶן | H1129 | And they built | to build (literally and figuratively) |
| 9 | עָרֵ֤י | H5892 | cities | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 10 | מִסְכְּנוֹת֙ | H4543 | treasure | a magazine |
| 11 | לְפַרְעֹ֔ה | H6547 | for Pharaoh | paroh, a general title of egyptian kings |
| 12 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 13 | פִּתֹ֖ם | H6619 | Pithom | pithom, a place in egypt |
| 14 | וְאֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 15 | רַֽעַמְסֵֽס׃ | H7486 | and Raamses | rameses or raamses, a place in egypt |
Geographic Context
Verse Context
Exodus 1:10Come on let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply ...
Exodus 1:11 (current)Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens And they built cities treasure for Pharaoh Pithom and Raamses
Exodus 1:12 But the more they afflicted them the more they multiplied them the more...