“And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.”
Exodus 12:29 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 12:2923 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בַּ/חֲצִ֣יbaḥăṣiy
in the middle ofpronH2677
middle · mid · midst · part ···
הַ/לַּ֗יְלָהhalayəlāh
the nightparticleH3915
וַֽ/יהוָה֮wayhwāh
and YahwehconjH3068
the Lord. Compare
הִכָּ֣הhikāh
he struckverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
כָלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּכוֹר֮bəkwōr
firstbornnounH1060
firstborn
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִצְרַיִם֒miṣərayim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
מִ/בְּכֹ֤רmibəkōr
from the firstborn ofpronH1060
firstborn
פַּרְעֹה֙parəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
הַ/יֹּשֵׁ֣בhayōšēb
who satparticleH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כִּסְא֔/וֹkisəʾwō
throne hisnounH3678
stool · throne
עַ֚דʿad
untopronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
בְּכ֣וֹרbəkwōr
the firstborn ofnounH1060
firstborn
הַ/שְּׁבִ֔יhašəbiy
the prisonerparticleH7628
prisoners · take away · that was taken
אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בְּ/בֵ֣יתbəbēyt
was in the house ofpronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/בּ֑וֹרhabwōr
the cisternparticleH953
dungeon · fountain · pit · well
וְ/כֹ֖לwəkōl
and everyconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּכ֥וֹרbəkwōr
firstborn ofnounH1060
firstborn
בְּהֵמָֽהbəhēmāh
livestocknounH929
cattle
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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