InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Exo C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40
Exo 11 V1 V2 V3 V4 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Pharaoh (of the Exodus)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Egypt
OET-LV And_ every_of firstborn _he_will_die in_land of_Miʦrayim from_the_firstborn_of Parˊoh who_sits on throne_of_his unto the_firstborn_of the_maidservant who is_behind the_hand-mill and_all/each/any/every firstborn_of livestock.
OET (OET-RV) and every oldest son in Mitsrayim will die, from the oldest son of Par’oh who sits on his throne, to the oldest son of the slave girl who lives behind the mill, as well as every oldest male offspring of your livestock.
בְּכוֹר֮ & מִבְּכ֤וֹר & בְּכ֣וֹר & בְּכ֥וֹר
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_die all/each/any/every firstborn in=land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) from,the_firstborn_of Parˊoh [who],sits on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of,his until firstborn_of of,the_maidservant which/who after the,hand-mill and=all/each/any/every firstborn_of cattle/livestock )
The “firstborn” always refers to the oldest male offspring.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
מִבְּכ֤וֹר פַּרְעֹה֙ הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב עַל־כִּסְא֔וֹ עַ֚ד בְּכ֣וֹר הַשִּׁפְחָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר אַחַ֣ר הָרֵחָ֑יִם וְכֹ֖ל בְּכ֥וֹר בְּהֵמָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_die all/each/any/every firstborn in=land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) from,the_firstborn_of Parˊoh [who],sits on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of,his until firstborn_of of,the_maidservant which/who after the,hand-mill and=all/each/any/every firstborn_of cattle/livestock )
This is a merism. First, two extremes are mentioned: the highest of society (Pharaoh, who sits on his throne) and the lowest (the slave girl who is behind the mill). Then the animals (beasts) are added making it a three-item list of parts of society and even the economy to show the totality of the coming judgment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר אַחַ֣ר הָרֵחָ֑יִם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_die all/each/any/every firstborn in=land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) from,the_firstborn_of Parˊoh [who],sits on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in throne_of,his until firstborn_of of,the_maidservant which/who after the,hand-mill and=all/each/any/every firstborn_of cattle/livestock )
Alternate translation: [who is grinding at the handmill] or [who is behind the handmill grinding grain]
OET-LV And_ every_of firstborn _he_will_die in_land of_Miʦrayim from_the_firstborn_of Parˊoh who_sits on throne_of_his unto the_firstborn_of the_maidservant who is_behind the_hand-mill and_all/each/any/every firstborn_of livestock.
OET (OET-RV) and every oldest son in Mitsrayim will die, from the oldest son of Par’oh who sits on his throne, to the oldest son of the slave girl who lives behind the mill, as well as every oldest male offspring of your livestock.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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