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 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 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 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Pharaoh (EXO 1:11)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Pithom
OET-LV And_they_appointed on/upon/above_him/it overseers_of slave_gangs so_as to_afflict_it with_their_forced_of_labour and_he/it_built cities_of stores for_Parˊoh DOM Pithom and_DOM Raˊməşēş.
OET (OET-RV) Then they appointed overseers to work them in slave gangs, and using them as forced labour, they built the store cities at Piton and Ra’meses for Par’oh (Pharaoh).
שָׂרֵ֣י
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_appointed on/upon/above=him/it commanders_of forced_labour to to,afflict_it with,their_forced_of,labor and=he/it_built cities_of supply for,Pharaoh DOM Pithom and=DOM Raˊməşēş )
Overseers were Egyptians whose job it was to force the Israelites to do hard work.
מִסִּ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_appointed on/upon/above=him/it commanders_of forced_labour to to,afflict_it with,their_forced_of,labor and=he/it_built cities_of supply for,Pharaoh DOM Pithom and=DOM Raˊməşēş )
Here the plural means groups. Alternate translation: [work crews]
לְמַ֥עַן עַנֹּת֖וֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם
to (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_appointed on/upon/above=him/it commanders_of forced_labour to to,afflict_it with,their_forced_of,labor and=he/it_built cities_of supply for,Pharaoh DOM Pithom and=DOM Raˊməşēş )
Alternate translation: [to force the Israelites to do hard work for the Egyptians]
עָרֵ֤י מִסְכְּנוֹת֙
cities_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_appointed on/upon/above=him/it commanders_of forced_labour to to,afflict_it with,their_forced_of,labor and=he/it_built cities_of supply for,Pharaoh DOM Pithom and=DOM Raˊməşēş )
These were places where the leaders put away food and other important things to keep them safe. Alternate translation: [cities in which to put away things to keep them safe]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
עָרֵ֤י מִסְכְּנוֹת֙
cities_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_appointed on/upon/above=him/it commanders_of forced_labour to to,afflict_it with,their_forced_of,labor and=he/it_built cities_of supply for,Pharaoh DOM Pithom and=DOM Raˊməşēş )
The possessive is objective; storage of goods is what occurs in the cities. Alternate translation: [cities for storing things]
OET-LV And_they_appointed on/upon/above_him/it overseers_of slave_gangs so_as to_afflict_it with_their_forced_of_labour and_he/it_built cities_of stores for_Parˊoh DOM Pithom and_DOM Raˊməşēş.
OET (OET-RV) Then they appointed overseers to work them in slave gangs, and using them as forced labour, they built the store cities at Piton and Ra’meses for Par’oh (Pharaoh).
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.