New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 1:12-14

12But the moreH3512they afflictedיְעַנּ֣וּye.'a.NuH6031them,the moreכֵּ֥ןkenH3651they multipliedיִרְבֶּ֖הyir.BehH7235and the moreוְכֵ֣ןve.KhenH3651theyspreadיִפְרֹ֑ץyif.RotzH6555out, so that they were in dreadוַיָּקֻ֕צוּvai.ya.Ku.tzuH6973of the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

13The EgyptiansH4714compelled the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478to laborוַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּvai.ya.'a.Vi.duH5647rigorouslyבְּפָֽרֶךְ׃be.Fa.rekhH6531;

14and they madeH4843their livesH2425bitterוַיְמָרְר֨וּvay.ma.re.RuH4843with hardקָשָׁ֗הka.ShahH7186laborבַּעֲבֹדָ֣הba.'a.vo.DahH5656in mortarבְּחֹ֙מֶר֙be.Cho.merH2563and bricksוּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםu.vil.ve.NimH3843and at allוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605kindsof laborעֲבֹדָ֖ה'a.vo.DahH5656in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704,allכָּל־kol-H3605their laborsעֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם'a.Vo.da.TamH5656whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834they rigorouslyבְּפָֽרֶךְ׃be.Fa.rekhH6531imposedעָבְד֥וּ'a.ve.DuH5647on them.

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