Exodus 1:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.”

Exodus 1:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 1:1115 words

וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

מִסִּיםmisîmBurden

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

עַנֹּתוֹʿanōtwōDepress

בְּסִבְלֹתָםbəsivəlōtāmIn porterage

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

עָרֵיʿārêCity

מִסְכְּנוֹתmisəkənwōtMagazine

לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh

אֶתʾet—

פִּתֹםpitōmPithom

וְאֶתwəʾet—

רַעַמְסֵסraʿaməsēsRameses

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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