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Exodus 5:13

“And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָגַשׂnâgas · naw-gas'
H5065 · Hebrew

Definition: to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
הַ — particle (definite article)
נֹּגְשִׂ֖ים — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HC/Td/Vqrmpa
Usage: Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 3:7 Exodus 5:6 Exodus 5:10 Exodus 5:14 Deuteronomy 15:2

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָגַשׂ here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

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.