Revised Literal Translation

Exodus 13:14-16

14And it shall be when thy sonבִנְךָ֛vin.KhaH1121askethיִשְׁאָלְךָ֥yish.'a.le.KhaH7592thee in time to comeמָחָ֖רma.CharH4279,sayingלֵאמֹ֣רle.MorH559, What isthis? that thou shalt sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto him, By strengthבְּחֹ֣זֶקbe.Cho.zekH2392of handיָ֗דYadH3027Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068brought us outהוֹצִיאָ֧נוּho.tzi.'A.nuH3318from Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,from the houseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004of bondageעֲבָדִֽים׃'a.va.DimH5650:

15And it came to pass, when Pharaohפַרְעֹה֮far.'OhH6547stubbornly refusedהִקְשָׁ֣הhik.ShahH7185to let us goלְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ֒le.sha.le.che.NuH7971,that Yhwhיְהֹוָ֤הYah.wehH3068slewוַיַּהֲרֹ֨גvai.ya.ha.RogH2026all the firstbornבְּכוֹר֙be.khOrH1060in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,both the firstbornמִבְּכֹ֥רmi.be.KhorH1060of manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120,and the firstbornבְּכ֣וֹרbe.KhorH1060of beastבְּהֵמָ֑הbe.he.MahH929:therefore I sacrificeזֹבֵ֜חַzo.Ve.achH2076to Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֗הla.Yah.wehH3068all that openethפֶּ֤טֶרPe.terH6363the matrixרֶ֙חֶם֙re.chemH7358,being malesהַזְּכָרִ֔יםha.ze.kha.RimH2145;but all the firstbornבְּכ֥וֹרbe.KhorH1060of my childrenבָּנַ֖יba.NaiH1121I redeemאֶפְדֶּֽה׃'ef.DehH6299.

16And it shall be for a tokenלְאוֹת֙le.'OtH226upon thine handיָ֣דְכָ֔הya.de.KhahH3027,and for frontletsוּלְטוֹטָפֹ֖תu.le.to.ta.FotH2903between thine eyesעֵינֶ֑יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869:for by strengthבְּחֹ֣זֶקbe.Cho.zekH2392of handיָ֔דYadH3027Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068brought us forthהוֹצִיאָ֥נוּho.tzi.'A.nuH3318out of Egyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ סmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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