What Does Exodus 3:12 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“unto thee that”

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“Certainly I will be with thee and this shall be a token”

a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc

“unto thee that”

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

i

“I have sent”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“thee When thou hast brought forth”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“out of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“ye shall serve”

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

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

“upon this mountain”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that