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Exodus 12:34

In Exodus 12 of Exodus.

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

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וַיִּשָּׂ֥אvayisaand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…הָעָ֛םhaamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “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).בְּצֵק֖וֹbetseqvodoughבָּצֵקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1217dough (as swelling by fermentation)dough, flour.טֶ֣רֶםterembeforeטֶרֶםadverb — “before”H2962properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or beforebefore, ere, not yet.יֶחְמָ֑ץyechmatsbe grievedחָמֵץverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be grieved”, an unfinished actionH2556to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.מִשְׁאֲרֹתָ֛םmisharotamkneading troughמִשְׁאֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “kneading trough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4863a kneading-trough (in which the dough rises)kneading trough, store.צְרֻרֹ֥תtserurotadversaryצָרַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveadversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖םbesimlotamin apparelשִׂמְלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8071a dress, especially a mantleapparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare H8008 (שַׂלְמָה).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…שִׁכְמָֽםshikhmambackשְׁכֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “back”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7926the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahillback, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the people taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs [are] bound up in their garments on their shoulder.

World English Bible

The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.

Darby Translation

And the people took their dough before it was leavened; their kneading-troughs bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Douay-Rheims

The people therefore took dough before it was leavened: and tying it in their cloaks, put it on their shoulders.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνέλαβε δὲ ὁ λαὸς τὸ σταῖς αὐτῶν, πρὸ τοῦ ζυμωθῆναι τὰ φυράματα αὐτῶν, ἐνδεδεμένα ἐν τοῖς ἱματίοις αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμαν.

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