Exodus 12:29
Forsooth it was done in the midst of the night, the Lord smote all the first begotten things in the land of Egypt, from the first begotten of Pharaoh, that sat in the throne of him, till to the first begotten of a captive woman, that was in prison, and all the first engendered of beasts.This verse in the real world
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- שְׁבִיshᵉbîyexiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension
- בּוֹרbôwra pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
- בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwrfirstborn; hence, chief
- חֵצִיchêtsîythe half or middle
- כִּסֵּאkiççêʼproperly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- לַיִלlayilproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- פַּרְעֹהParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kings
- נָכָהnâkâhto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 78:51, Exo 4:23, Psa 135:8, Psa 105:36, Psa 136:10, Exo 11:4–5, Num 8:17, Exo 12:12