Exodus 1:10 — King James Version← Study notes
“Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.”
Exodus 1:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 1:1019 words
הָבָהhāvāhGive
נִתְחַכְּמָהnitəḥakəmāhBe wise
לוֹlwōTo
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִרְבֶּהyirəbehIncrease
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תִקְרֶאנָהtiqəreʾnāhEncounter
מִלְחָמָהmiləḥāmāhBattle
וְנוֹסַףwənwōsap̄And add
גַּםgamAssemblage
הוּאhûʾHe
עַלʿalAbove
שֹׂנְאֵינוּśōnəʾênûHate
וְנִלְחַםwəniləḥamAnd feed on
בָּנוּbānûIn
וְעָלָהwəʿālāhAnd ascend
מִןminPart
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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