Exodus 1:14
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
עָבַד
they labored
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עָבַד
To serve, to work, to worship. Abad. You shall worship the LORD your God and Him only shall you serve. Worship and service are the same word in Hebrew.
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קָשֶׁה
hard
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קָשֶׁה
severe (in various applications)
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עֲבֹדָה
labor
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עֲבֹדָה
work of any kind
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