Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 5:14 Interlinear

over them were beaten And the officers of the children of Israel had set taskmasters which Pharaoh's and demanded Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday as heretofore both yesterday and to day

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וַיֻּכּ֗וּH5221over them were beatento strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
2שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙H7860And the officersproperly, a scribe, i.e., (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
3בְּנֵ֣יH1121of the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
5אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
6שָׂ֣מוּH7760had setto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
7עֲלֵהֶ֔םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8נֹֽגְשֵׂ֥יH5065taskmastersto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
9פַרְעֹ֖הH6547which Pharaoh'sparoh, a general title of egyptian kings
10לֵאמֹ֑רH559and demandedto say (used with great latitude)
11מַדּ֡וּעַH4069what (is) known?; i.e., (by implication) (adverbially) why?
12לֹא֩H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
13כִלִּיתֶ֨םH3615Wherefore have ye not fulfilledto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
14חָקְכֶ֤םH2706your taskan enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
15לִלְבֹּן֙H3835in making brickto make bricks
16תְּמ֖וֹלH8543both yesterdayproperly, ago, i.e., a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
17שִׁלְשֹׁ֔םH8032as heretoforetrebly, i.e., (in time) day before yesterday
18גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
19תְּמ֖וֹלH8543both yesterdayproperly, ago, i.e., a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
20גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
21הַיּֽוֹם׃H3117and to daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

Verse Context

Exodus 5:13And the taskmasters hasted them saying Fulfil your works tasks...
Exodus 5:14 (current)over them were beaten And the officers of the children of Israel had set taskmasters which Pharaoh's and demanded Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday as heretofore both yesterday and to day
Exodus 5:15came Then the officers of the children of Israel and cried ...

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