Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhy harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed? Young's Literal Translation and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not—when He hath rolled Himself upon them—send them away, and they go? King James Bible Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? Hebrew Whyוְלָ֤מָּה (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what harden תְכַבְּדוּ֙ (ṯə·ḵab·bə·ḏū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome your hearts לְבַבְכֶ֔ם (lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart as כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the Egyptians מִצְרַ֥יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt and Pharaoh וּפַרְעֹ֖ה (ū·p̄ar·‘ōh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings hardened כִּבְּד֛וּ (kib·bə·ḏū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome theirs? לִבָּ֑ם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre When כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that He afflicted them, הִתְעַלֵּ֣ל (hiṯ·‘al·lêl) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5953: To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose did they not הֲלוֹא֙ (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no send the people on their way וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּם (way·šal·lə·ḥūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out as they departed? וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ (way·yê·lê·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk |