Exodus 12:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.”
Exodus 12:27 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 12:2721 words
וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say
זֶבַחzevaḥSlaughter
פֶּסַחpesaḥPretermission
הוּאhûʾHe
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פָּסַחpāsaḥHop
עַלʿalAbove
בָּתֵּיbātêA house
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
בְּמִצְרַיִםbəmiṣərayimIn Mitsrajim
בְּנָגְפּוֹbənāgəpwōIn push
אֶתʾet—
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וְאֶתwəʾet—
בָּתֵּינוּbātênûA house
הִצִּילhiṣîlSnatch
וַיִּקֹּדwayiqōdAnd shrivel up
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּwayišətaḥăûûAnd depress
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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