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Exodus 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.


Exodus 1:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 1:810 words
וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
חָדָשׁḥādāšNew
עַלʿalAbove
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
אֶתʾet
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
חָדָשׁḥādāšNew
עַלʿalAbove
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

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