Exodus 12:42
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
It is a nightלֵ֣יל
(leil)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
to be observedשִׁמֻּרִ֥ים
(shim·mu·rim)
8107: a watching, vigilfrom shamar
for the LORDלַֽיהוָ֔ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
for having broughtלְהֹוצִיאָ֖ם
(le·ho·v·tzi·'am)
3318: to go or come outa prim. root
them out from the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץ
(me·'e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
of Egypt;מִצְרָ֑יִם
(mitz·ra·yim;)
4714: a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africaof uncertain derivation
thisהַזֶּה֙
(haz·zeh)
2088: this, herea prim. pronoun
nightהַלַּ֤יְלָה
(hal·lay·lah)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
is for the LORD,לַֽיהוָ֔ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
to be observedשִׁמֻּרִ֛ים
(shim·mu·rim)
8107: a watching, vigilfrom shamar
by allלְכָל־
(le·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the sonsבְּנֵ֥י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
(yis·ra·'el)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
throughout their generations.לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃
(le·do·ro·tam.)
1755: period, generation, dwellingfrom dur


















KJV Lexicon
It is a night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
to be much observed
shimmur  (shim-moor')
an observance -- be (much) observed.
unto the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
for bringing
yatsa'  (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
them out from the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of Egypt
Mitsrayim  (mits-rah'-yim)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
this is that night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
of the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
to be observed
shimmur  (shim-moor')
an observance -- be (much) observed.
of all the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
in their generations
dowr  (dore)
a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling -- age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It is a night to be observed for the LORD for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

King James Bible
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It was a night of vigil in honor of the LORD, because He would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the LORD, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations.

International Standard Version
That was for the LORD a night of vigil to bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night belongs to the LORD, and is to be a vigil for all the Israelis from generation to generation.

NET Bible
It was a night of vigil for the LORD to bring them out from the land of Egypt, and so on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil to the LORD for generations to come.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That night the LORD kept watch to take them out of Egypt. (All Israelites in future generations must keep watch on this night, since it is dedicated to the LORD.)

King James 2000 Bible
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.
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