So the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
were scattered abroad
puwts (poots)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
throughout all the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (mits-rah'-yim)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
to gather
qashash (kaw-shash')
to become sapless through drought; to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble -- gather (selves) (together).
stubble
qash (kash)
straw (as dry) -- stubble.
instead of straw
teben (teh'-ben)
material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder) -- chaff, straw, stubble.
