What Does Exodus 12:4 Mean?

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“too little”

properly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)

“And if the household”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“be”

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“for the lamb”

a member of a flock, i.e., a sheep or goat

“take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“let him and his neighbour”

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

“next”

near (in place, kindred or time)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“And if the household”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“it according to the number”

an enumeration; by implication, a valuation

“of the souls”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“every man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“according”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“to his eating”

food

“shall make your count”

to estimate

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“for the lamb”

a member of a flock, i.e., a sheep or goat