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language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/114.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/114.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/114.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/114.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of a foreign language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/114.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/114.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/114.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When Israel went out from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/114.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When Israel came out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/114.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel came out of Egypt — the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/114.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel came out of Egypt— the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/114.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/114.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God brought his people out of Egypt, that land with a strange language. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/114.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/114.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's family left people who spoke a foreign language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/114.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the people of Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's descendants left that foreign land, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/114.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When Israel came out of Egypt— the household of Jacob from a people of foreign speech—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/114.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/114.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/114.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a foreign language;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/114.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/114.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/114.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In the going out of Israel from Egypt, "" The house of Jacob from a strange people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/114.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/114.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In Israel's going forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people speaking a foreign tongue;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/114.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/114.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 113:1>Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/114.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When Israel came forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from an alien people, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/114.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/114.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a foreign language,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/114.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />When Israel went forth from Egypt and of the house of Jacob from a people of a foreign language,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/114.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/114.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/114-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=14466" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/114.htm">Tremble at the Presence of the LORD</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">When Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: bə·ṣêṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">departed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">from Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: mê·‘am (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">from a people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3937.htm" title="3937: lō·‘êz (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To talk indistinctly or unintelligibly. A primitive root; to speak in a foreign tongue.">of foreign tongue,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3</a></span><br />So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Exodus 12:41</a></span><br />At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Exodus 19:1-4</a></span><br />In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. / After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain. / Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-21.htm">Deuteronomy 6:21-23</a></span><br />then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. / Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household. / But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1</a></span><br />Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-4.htm">Micah 6:4</a></span><br />For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-16.htm">Isaiah 11:16</a></span><br />There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-12</a></span><br />Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a></span><br />The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Jude 1:5</a></span><br />Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;</p><p class="hdg">Israel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Exodus 12:41,42</a></b></br> And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3</a></b></br> And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this <i>place</i>: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-2.htm">Exodus 20:2</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.</p><p class="hdg">a people</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/81-5.htm">Psalm 81:5</a></b></br> This he ordained in Joseph <i>for</i> a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: <i>where</i> I heard a language <i>that</i> I understood not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">Genesis 42:34</a></b></br> And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye <i>are</i> no spies, but <i>that</i> ye <i>are</i> true <i>men: so</i> will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/113-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/106-21.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/psalms/81-9.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/psalms/113-2.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/113-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/106-48.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/psalms/105-23.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/psalms/81-5.htm">Language</a> <a href="/psalms/105-12.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/psalms/109-2.htm">Tongue</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/115-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/135-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/psalms/137-4.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/psalms/115-18.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/115-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/114-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/psalms/114-7.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-20.htm">Language</a> <a href="/psalms/119-19.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/psalms/119-172.htm">Tongue</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 114</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/114-1.htm">The miracles wrought by God, when he brought his people out of Egypt, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/114-7.htm">are a just ground of fearing him.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The departure from Egypt is a central theme in the Old Testament, symbolizing liberation and God's faithfulness. The Exodus is dated around the 13th century BCE, during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II, according to some scholars. This event is celebrated annually in the Jewish festival of Passover, which commemorates the night when the angel of death passed over the homes of the Israelites. Theologically, the Exodus prefigures the salvation offered through Jesus Christ, who delivers believers from the bondage of sin.<p><b>the house of Jacob</b><br>The term "house of Jacob" refers to the descendants of Jacob, also known as Israel, who was the grandson of Abraham. This phrase emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and the patriarchs, highlighting the continuity of God's promises from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob. The "house of Jacob" signifies the collective identity of the twelve tribes of Israel. In the New Testament, this concept is expanded to include all believers as part of the spiritual Israel, as seen in passages like <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a>.<p><b>from a people of foreign tongue</b><br>This phrase highlights the cultural and linguistic differences between the Israelites and the Egyptians. The Egyptians spoke a different language and had distinct customs and religious practices, which often led to the Israelites being marginalized and oppressed. The "foreign tongue" underscores the alienation and separation experienced by the Israelites in Egypt. In a broader sense, this can be seen as a metaphor for the believer's journey from the world of sin to the kingdom of God, where they are called to be set apart and holy. The deliverance from a "foreign tongue" also foreshadows the ultimate reconciliation of all nations and languages under Christ, as depicted in <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the descendants of Jacob, also known as the Israelites, who were chosen by God as His people. In this context, it signifies the collective nation that God delivered from slavery in Egypt.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A significant location in biblical history, Egypt was the land where the Israelites were enslaved for 400 years before God delivered them through Moses.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_jacob.htm">House of Jacob</a></b><br>Another term for the Israelites, emphasizing their lineage from Jacob, who was renamed Israel by God. This highlights their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/people_of_foreign_tongue.htm">People of Foreign Tongue</a></b><br>Refers to the Egyptians, whose language and culture were foreign to the Israelites. This emphasizes the distinct identity and separation of God's people from the surrounding nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/departure_from_egypt.htm">Departure from Egypt</a></b><br>The Exodus event, where God miraculously delivered the Israelites from slavery, leading them towards the Promised Land. This is a foundational event in Israel's history and a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as God delivered Israel from Egypt, He delivers us from the bondage of sin through Jesus Christ. Reflect on areas in your life where you need God's deliverance and seek His help.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_god.htm">Identity in God</a></b><br>The Israelites were distinct from the Egyptians, highlighting their identity as God's chosen people. As Christians, we are called to live distinct lives that reflect our identity in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_of_god.htm">Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>The Exodus is a testament to God's faithfulness to His promises. Trust in God's faithfulness in your own life, knowing that He will fulfill His promises to you.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/separation_from_the_world.htm">Separation from the World</a></b><br>The departure from a "people of foreign tongue" symbolizes the call to be separate from worldly influences. Consider how you can live a life set apart for God in today's culture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_114.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 114</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_114_1_align_with_no_exodus_proof.htm">How does Psalm 114:1 reconcile with the lack of archaeological evidence supporting the Exodus story? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_114's_exodus_fit_history.htm">How do references to the Exodus in Psalm 114 align with historical and archaeological timelines outside the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_psalms_are_in_hallel.htm">What are the specific Psalms included in Hallel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_firmilian_of_caesarea.htm">What are the specific Psalms included in Hallel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/114.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">When Israel went out.</span>--LXX., in <span class= "ital">"</span>the Exodus of Israel."<p><span class= "bld">A people of strange language.</span>--LXX., rightly, "a barbarous people." Since the Hebrew word, like the Greek, implies a certain scorn or ridicule, which ancient races generally had for those speaking another language. To this day the Russians call the Germans "dumb."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/114.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When Israel went out of Egypt</span>; literally, <span class="accented">at the going forth of Israel from Egypt</span>; <span class="greek">ἐν ἐξόδῳ Ἰσράηλ</span>, LXX. The "going forth from Egypt" was the only thing parallel in Israelitish history to the going forth from Babylon. The nation should learn what to expect in the future by what occurred in the past. <span class="cmt_word">The house of Jacob</span> (compare the more common "house of Israel," <a href="/psalms/98-3.htm">Psalm 98:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/115-12.htm">Psalm 115:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/135-19.htm">Psalm 135:19</a>) <span class="cmt_word">from a people of strange language</span>; literally, <span class="accented">from a stammering people</span>; but a people of foreign speech is no doubt meant (compare the Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἐκ λαοῦ βαρβάρου</span>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/114-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">departed</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצֵ֣את</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Egypt,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(mim·miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from a people</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of foreign tongue,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹעֵֽז׃</span> <span class="translit">(lō·‘êz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3937.htm">Strong's 3937: </a> </span><span class="str2">To talk indistinctly or unintelligibly</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/114-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 114:1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/113-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 113:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 113:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/114-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 114:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 114:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>