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Deuteronomy 26:6

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

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וַיָּרֵ֧עוּvayarevand be worseרָעַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be worse”, the next action in the storyH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…אֹתָ֛נוּotanvobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַמִּצְרִ֖יםhamitsrimthe of Egyptמִצְרִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “the of Egypt”, the ordinary formH4713a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimEgyptian, of Egypt.וַיְעַנּ֑וּנוּvayanunvand abase selfעָנָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and abase self”, the next action in the storyH6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנ…וַיִּתְּנ֥וּvayitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…עָלֵ֖ינוּaleynvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֲבֹדָ֥הavodahworkעֲבֹדָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “work”, the ordinary formH5656work of any kindact, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.קָשָֽׁהqashahchurlishקָשֶׁהadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “churlish”, the ordinary formH7186severe (in various applications)churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, [phrase] impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, [phrase] in trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;

World English Bible

The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

Darby Translation

And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;

Douay-Rheims

And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed hard tasks on us:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκάκωσαν ἡμᾶς οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, καὶ ἐταπείνωσαν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἡμῖν ἔργα σκληρά·