Exodus 3:16
Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
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ASV
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
KJV
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
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Commentary
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֵ֣ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → |
| וְאָֽסַפְתָּ֞ | ve.'a.saf.Ta | and you will gather | H622 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| זִקְנֵ֣י | zik.Nei | [the] elders of | H2205 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| אֲלֵהֶם֙ | 'a.le.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| יְהוָ֞ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | 'e.lo.Hei | [the] God of | H430 → |
| אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ | 'a.vo.tei.Khem | ancestors your | H1 → |
| נִרְאָ֣ה | nir.'Ah | he appeared | H7200 → |
| אֵלַ֔י | 'e.Lai | to me | H413 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֧י | 'e.lo.Hei | [the] God of | H430 → |
| אַבְרָהָ֛ם | 'av.ra.Ham | Abraham | H85 → |
| יִצְחָ֥ק | yitz.Chak | Isaac | H3327 → |
| וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב | ve.ya.'a.Ko | and Jacob | H3290 → |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| פָּקֹ֤ד | pa.Kod | certainly <to observe> | H6485 → |
| פָּקַ֙דְתִּי֙ | pa.Kad.ti | I have observed | H6485 → |
| אֶתְכֶ֔ם | 'et.Khem | <obj.> you | H853 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| הֶעָשׂ֥וּי | he.'a.Sui | the [thing] done | H6213 → |
| לָכֶ֖ם | la.Khem | to <the> you | |
| בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ | be.mitz.Ra.yim | in Egypt | H4714 → |
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