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Exodus 11:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.


Exodus 11:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 11:519 words
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
מִבְּכוֹרmibəḵwōrFrom first-born
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הַיֹּשֵׁבhayōšēvThe sit
עַלʿalAbove
כִּסְאוֹkisəʾwōCovered
עַדʿadAs far
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
הַשִּׁפְחָהhašip̄əḥāhThe female slave
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
הָרֵחָיִםhārēḥāyimThe mill
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמֵתûmētAnd die
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
מִבְּכוֹרmibəḵwōrFrom first-born
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הַיֹּשֵׁבhayōšēvThe sit
עַלʿalAbove
כִּסְאוֹkisəʾwōCovered
עַדʿadAs far
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
הַשִּׁפְחָהhašip̄əḥāhThe female slave
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
הָרֵחָיִםhārēḥāyimThe mill
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb

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