14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 1:14:1 ⧉וַיְמָרְר֨וּvayemarru{And} they made bitter Exodus 1:14:2 ⧉אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶ֜םetkhaiyehemtheir lives Exodus 1:14:3 ⧉בַּעֲבֹדָ֣הbaavodawith labor Exodus 1:14:4 ⧉קָשָׁ֗הkashahard Exodus 1:14:5 ⧉בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙bekhomerwith mortar Exodus 1:14:6 ⧉וּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםuvilvenimand with bricks Exodus 1:14:7 ⧉וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָ֖הuvekholavodaand in all labor Exodus 1:14:8 ⧉בַּשָּׂדֶ֑הbasadein the field Exodus 1:14:9 ⧉אֵ֚תet Exodus 1:14:10 ⧉כָּל־עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔םkolavodatamall their labor Exodus 1:14:11 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־עָבְד֥וּasheravduwhich they worked Exodus 1:14:12 ⧉בָהֶ֖םvahemupon them Exodus 1:14:13 ⧉בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃befarekhwith harshness |
14. Formal Translation And they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and brick and in every kind of field work; all their service which they imposed upon them was with ruthless severity. |
14. Dynamic Translation They embittered the Israelites’ lives by forcing them into mortar and brick work and every kind of farm labor, driving them onward with brutal cruelty. |