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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 12:13Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְאֹתləʾōtTo signal
עַלʿalAbove
הַבָּתִּיםhabātîmThe a house
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
שָׁםšāmThere
וְרָאִיתִיwərāʾîtîAnd see
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וּפָסַחְתִּיûp̄āsaḥətîAnd hop
עֲלֵכֶםʿălēḵemAbove
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
בָכֶםvāḵemIn
נֶגֶףnegep̄Trip
לְמַשְׁחִיתləmašəḥîtTo destructive
בְּהַכֹּתִיbəhakōtîIn strike
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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