Exodus 12:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 12:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 12:1322 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְאֹתləʾōtTo signal
עַלʿalAbove
הַבָּתִּיםhabātîmThe a house
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
שָׁםšāmThere
וְרָאִיתִיwərāʾîtîAnd see
אֶתʾet—
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וּפָסַחְתִּיûp̄āsaḥətîAnd hop
עֲלֵכֶםʿălēḵemAbove
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בָכֶםvāḵemIn
נֶגֶףnegep̄Trip
לְמַשְׁחִיתləmašəḥîtTo destructive
בְּהַכֹּתִיbəhakōtîIn strike
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
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