Exodus 32:12
Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
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ASV
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
KJV
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
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Commentary
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָמָּה֩ | la.Mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| יֹאמְר֨וּ | yo.me.Ru | will they say | H559 → |
| מִצְרַ֜יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4713 → |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| בְּרָעָ֤ה | be.ra.'Ah | with evil | H7451 → |
| הֽוֹצִיאָם֙ | ho.tzi.'Am | he brought out them | H3318 → |
| לַהֲרֹ֤ג | la.ha.Rog | to kill | H2026 → |
| אֹתָם֙ | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים | be.ha.Rim | in the mountains | H2022 → |
| וּ֨לְכַלֹּתָ֔ם | u.le.kha.lo.Tam | and to make an end of them | H3615 → |
| מֵעַ֖ל | me.'Al | from on | H5921 → |
| פְּנֵ֣י | pe.Nei | [the] surface of | H6440 → |
| הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה | ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
| שׁ֚וּב | Shuv | turn | H7725 → |
| מֵחֲר֣וֹן | me.cha.Ron | from [the] burning of | H2740 → |
| אַפֶּ֔ךָ | 'a.Pe.kha | anger your | H639 → |
| וְהִנָּחֵ֥ם | ve.hi.na.Chem | and relent | H5162 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָרָעָ֖ה | ha.ra.'Ah | the harm | H7451 → |
| לְעַמֶּֽךָ׃ | le.'a.Me.kha | to people your | H5971 → |
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