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Exodus 12:29 — King James Version← Study notes

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 12:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:2923 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַּחֲצִיbaḥăṣîIn half
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD
הִכָּהhikāhStrike
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
מִבְּכֹרmibəḵōrFrom first-born
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הַיֹּשֵׁבhayōšēvThe sit
עַלʿalAbove
כִּסְאוֹkisəʾwōCovered
עַדʿadAs far
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
הַשְּׁבִיhašəvîThe exiled
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּבֵיתbəvêtIn a house
הַבּוֹרhabwōrThe hole
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַּחֲצִיbaḥăṣîIn half
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD
הִכָּהhikāhStrike
כָלḵālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
מִבְּכֹרmibəḵōrFrom first-born
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הַיֹּשֵׁבhayōšēvThe sit
עַלʿalAbove
כִּסְאוֹkisəʾwōCovered
עַדʿadAs far
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
הַשְּׁבִיhašəvîThe exiled
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּבֵיתbəvêtIn a house
הַבּוֹרhabwōrThe hole
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb

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