Exodus 12:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.”

Exodus 12:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:2324 words

וְעָבַרwəʿāvarAnd cross

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לִנְגֹּףlinəgōp̄To push

אֶתʾet—

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְרָאָהwərāʾāhAnd see

אֶתʾet—

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

עַלʿalAbove

הַמַּשְׁקוֹףhamašəqwōp̄The lintel

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הַמְּזוּזֹתhaməzûzōtThe door-post

וּפָסַחûp̄āsaḥAnd hop

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

הַפֶּתַחhapetaḥThe opening

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִתֵּןyitēnGive

הַמַּשְׁחִיתhamašəḥîtThe decay

לָבֹאlāvōʾTo go

אֶלʾelNear

בָּתֵּיכֶםbātêḵemA house

לִנְגֹּףlinəgōp̄To push

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְעָבַרwəʿāvarAnd cross

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לִנְגֹּףlinəgōp̄To push

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְרָאָהwərāʾāhAnd see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

עַלʿalAbove

הַמַּשְׁקוֹףhamašəqwōp̄The lintel

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הַמְּזוּזֹתhaməzûzōtThe door-post

וּפָסַחûp̄āsaḥAnd hop

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

הַפֶּתַחhapetaḥThe opening

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִתֵּןyitēnGive

הַמַּשְׁחִיתhamašəḥîtThe decay

לָבֹאlāvōʾTo go

אֶלʾelNear

בָּתֵּיכֶםbātêḵemA house

לִנְגֹּףlinəgōp̄To push

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