en_tn/exo/12/30.md

There was loud lamenting in Egypt

This can be stated with a verbal form. Alternate translation: "All the Egyptians cried loudly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

for there was not a house where there was not someone dead

This double negative emphasizes the positive. Alternate translation: "because someone was dead in every house" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives)