Shemot 2:25

25 And Elohim looked upon the Bnei Yisroel, and Elohim had da’as of them.

Shemot 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:25

And God looked upon the children of Israel
With an eye of pity and compassion, and saw all the hardships they laboured under, and all the injuries that were done unto them:

and God had respect unto [them];
had a favourable regard to them; or "knew" ^F2 not only them, the Israelites, and loved them, and approved of them, and owned them as his own, all which words of knowledge sometimes signify; but he knew their sorrows and sufferings, and took notice of what was done to them secretly; see ( Exodus 3:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (edyw) "et eognovit", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Shemot 2:25 In-Context

23 And it came to pass in process of time, that Melech Mitzrayim died; and the Bnei Yisroel groaned by reason of haAvodah (the Bondage), and they cried out, and their cry came up unto HaElohim by reason of haAvodah.

24 And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His brit (covenant) with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya’akov.

25 And Elohim looked upon the Bnei Yisroel, and Elohim had da’as of them.