Exo 12:33 | NETfull | STEP | The Egyptians were urging the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, for they were saying, “We are all dead!”

Exodus 12:33

33 The Egyptians were urging ^{▼▼ The verb used here (חָזַק, khazaq) is the same verb used for Pharaoh’s heart being hardened. It conveys the idea of their being resolved or insistent in this – they were not going to change.} the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, ^{▼▼ The phrase uses two construct infinitives in a hendiadys, the first infinitive becoming the modifier.} for they were saying, “We are all dead!”