Exodus 12:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.”
Exodus 12:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 12:2114 words
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
מִשְׁכוּmišəḵûDraw
וּקְחוּûqəḥûAnd take
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶםləmišəpəḥōtêḵemTo family
וְשַׁחֲטוּwəšaḥăṭûAnd slaughter
הַפָּסַחhapāsaḥThe pretermission
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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