Exodus 14:12
Whether this is not the word that we spake to thee in Egypt, saying, Go away from us, that we serve the Egyptians? for it is much better to serve them, than to die in wilderness.This verse in the real world
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- חָדַלchâdalproperly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.