King James Version

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

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וְאָמַ֤רveamarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, a completed action in a sequenceH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…פַּרְעֹה֙paroPharaohפַּרְעֹהnoun, proper name — “Pharaoh”H6547Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kingsPharaoh.לִבְנֵ֣יlivneto sonבֵּןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.נְבֻכִ֥יםnevukhimbe entangledבּוּךְverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “be entangled”, a verb used as a describing wordH943to involve (literally or figuratively)be entangled, (perplexed).הֵ֖םhemtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.בָּאָ֑רֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.סָגַ֥רsagarshutסָגַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shut”, a completed actionH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.עֲלֵיהֶ֖םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, 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,…הַמִּדְבָּֽרhamidbarthe desertמִדְבָּרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

World English Bible

Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’

Darby Translation

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

Douay-Rheims

And Pharao will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Pharao will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐρεῖ Φαραὼ τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ, οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πλανῶνται οὗτοι ἐν τῇ γῇ, συγκέκλεικε γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ ἔρημος.