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Exodus 12:8

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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וְאָכְל֥וּveakhelvand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.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).הַבָּשָׂ֖רhabasarthe bodyבָּשָׂרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahin nightלַיִלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).הַזֶּ֑הhazehthe the one...the otherזֶהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…צְלִיtseliroastצָלִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “roast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6748roastedroast.אֵ֣שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.וּמַצּ֔וֹתumatsotand unleavedמַצָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and unleaved”, the ordinary formH4682properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.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,…מְרֹרִ֖יםmerorimbitterמְרֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “bitter”, the ordinary formH4844a bitter herbbitter(-ness).יֹאכְלֻֽהוּyokhluhveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And they have eaten the flesh in this night, roast with fire; with unleavened things and bitters they do eat it;

World English Bible

They shall eat the meat in that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.

Darby Translation

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter [herbs] shall they eat it.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettuce.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and they shall eat unleavened bread with bitter herbs.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ φάγονται τὰ κρέα τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ ὀπτὰ πυρὶ, καὶ ἄζυμα ἐπὶ πικρίδων ἔδονται.

American Standard Version (1901)

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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