King James Version
Numbers 14:13 in the King James Version says “And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from am...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)”
Numbers 14:13 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“shall hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“it (for thou broughtest up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“in thy might”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“from among”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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