Exodus 1:14
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
and they madeוַיְמָרְר֨וּ
(vay·ma·re·ru)
4843: to be bittera prim. root
their lives 
 
2425b: lifefrom chayah
bitter 
 
4843: to be bittera prim. root
with hardקָשָׁ֗ה
(ka·shah)
7186: hard, severefrom qashah
laborבַּעֲבֹדָ֣ה
(ba·'a·vo·dah)
5656: labor, servicefrom abad
in mortarבְּחֹ֙מֶר֙
(be·cho·mer)
2563a: cement, mortar, clayfrom chamar
and bricksוּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים
(u·vil·ve·nim,)
3843: brick, tilefrom laben
and at allוּבְכָל־
(u·ve·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
[kinds] of laborעֲבֹדָ֖ה
(a·vo·dah)
5656: labor, servicefrom abad
in the field,בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
(bas·sa·deh;)
7704: field, landfrom the same as saday
allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
their laborsעֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם
(a·vo·da·tam,)
5656: labor, servicefrom abad
whichאֲשֶׁר־
(a·sher-)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
they rigorouslyבְּפָֽרֶךְ׃
(be·fa·rech.)
6531: harshness, severityfrom an unused word
imposedעָבְד֥וּ
(a·ve·du)
5647: to work, servea prim. root
on them. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And they made
marar  (maw-rar')
to be (causatively, make) bitter
their lives
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
bitter
marar  (maw-rar')
to be (causatively, make) bitter
with hard
qasheh  (kaw-sheh')
severe -- churlish, cruel, grievous, hard(-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, + in trouble.
bondage
`abodah  (ab-o-daw')
work of any kind -- act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, wrought.
in morter
chomer  (kho'mer)
a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure -- clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
and in brick
lbenah  (leb-ay-naw')
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar of) brick, tile.
and in all manner of service
`abodah  (ab-o-daw')
work of any kind -- act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, wrought.
in the field
sadeh  (saw-deh')
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat) -- country, field, ground, land, soil, wild.
all their service
`abodah  (ab-o-daw')
work of any kind -- act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, wrought.
wherein they made them serve
`abad  (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
was with rigour
perek  (peh'-rek)
fracture, i.e. severity -- cruelty, rigour.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.

King James Bible
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

International Standard Version
making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

NET Bible
They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They made their lives bitter with back-breaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard.

King James 2000 Bible
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, in which they made them serve, was with rigor.
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