“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּשִׂ֤ימוּwayāśiymw
and they appointedconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
עָלָי/ו֙ʿālāyw
over itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׂרֵ֣יśārēy
overseers ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
מִסִּ֔יםmisiym
slave gangsnounH4522
levy · task · tribute
לְמַ֥עַןləmaʿan
so aspronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
עַנֹּת֖/וֹʿanōtwō
to afflict itverbH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
בְּ/סִבְלֹתָ֑/םbəsibəlōtām
with forced labor theirpronH5450
וַ/יִּ֜בֶןwayiben
and it builtconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
עָרֵ֤יʿārēy
cities ofnounH5892
city · court · town
מִסְכְּנוֹת֙misəkənwōt
storagenounH4543
treasure
לְ/פַרְעֹ֔הləparəʿōh
for PharaohpronH6547
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פִּתֹ֖םpitōm
PithomnounH6619
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
רַעַמְסֵֽסraʿaməsēs
RamesesnounH7486
Rameses
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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