Exodus 12:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.”

Exodus 12:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:1719 words

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾet—

הַמַּצּוֹתhamaṣwōtThe sweetness

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בְּעֶצֶםbəʿeṣemIn bone

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

הוֹצֵאתִיhwōṣēʾtîGo

אֶתʾet—

צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶםṣivəʾwōtêḵemMass

מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾet—

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםlədōrōtêḵemTo revolution

חֻקַּתḥuqatAppointed

עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמַּצּוֹתhamaṣwōtThe sweetness

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בְּעֶצֶםbəʿeṣemIn bone

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

הוֹצֵאתִיhwōṣēʾtîGo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶםṣivəʾwōtêḵemMass

מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםlədōrōtêḵemTo revolution

חֻקַּתḥuqatAppointed

עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

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