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Exodus 12:26 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?


Exodus 12:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:269 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כִּיRelative conjunction
יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
בְּנֵיכֶםbənêḵemSon
מָהmāhWhat?
הָעֲבֹדָהhāʿăvōdāhThe work
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כִּיRelative conjunction
יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
בְּנֵיכֶםbənêḵemSon
מָהmāhWhat?
הָעֲבֹדָהhāʿăvōdāhThe work
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לָכֶםlāḵemTo

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