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Exodus 5:12 Interlinear

“were scattered abroad So the people throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw”

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Exodus 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיָּ֥פֶץ	H6327	were scattered abroad	to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
2	הָעָ֖ם	H5971	So the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
3	בְּכָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4	אֶ֣רֶץ	H776	throughout all the land	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5	מִצְרָ֑יִם	H4714	of Egypt	mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
6	לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ	H7197	to gather	to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
7	קַ֖שׁ	H7179	stubble	straw (as dry)
8	לַתֶּֽבֶן׃	H8401	instead of straw	properly, material, i.e., (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)

Exodus 5:12 (current)were scattered abroad So the people throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw