Hebrew Interlinear
Exodus 1:11 Interlinear
“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 |
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...