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Exodus 14:5

“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָגַדnâgad · naw-gad'
H5046 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יֻּגַּד֙ — verb Hophal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/VHw3ms
Usage
Occurs 371 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:11Genesis 9:22Genesis 12:18Genesis 14:13Genesis 21:26

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.