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Exodus 1:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.


Exodus 1:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 1:1417 words
וַיְמָרְרוּwayəmārərûAnd be
אֶתʾet
חַיֵּיהֶםḥayêhemLiving
בַּעֲבֹדָהbaʿăvōdāhIn work
קָשָׁהqāšāhSevere
בְּחֹמֶרbəḥōmerIn bubbling
וּבִלְבֵנִיםûviləvēnîmAnd in brick
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
עֲבֹדָהʿăvōdāhWork
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
אֵתʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
עֲבֹדָתָםʿăvōdātāmWork
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבְדוּʿāvədûWork
בָהֶםvāhemIn
בְּפָרֶךְbəp̄āreḵəIn fracture
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְמָרְרוּwayəmārərûAnd be
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
חַיֵּיהֶםḥayêhemLiving
בַּעֲבֹדָהbaʿăvōdāhIn work
קָשָׁהqāšāhSevere
בְּחֹמֶרbəḥōmerIn bubbling
וּבִלְבֵנִיםûviləvēnîmAnd in brick
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
עֲבֹדָהʿăvōdāhWork
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
עֲבֹדָתָםʿăvōdātāmWork
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבְדוּʿāvədûWork
בָהֶםvāhemIn
בְּפָרֶךְbəp̄āreḵəIn fracture

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