Exodus 12:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:”

Exodus 12:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:317 words

דַּבְּרוּdabərûArrange

אֶלʾelNear

כָּלkālWhole

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

בֶּעָשֹׂרbeʿāśōrIn ten

לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְיִקְחוּwəyiqəḥûAnd take

לָהֶםlāhemTo

אִישׁʾîšMan

שֶׂהśehSheep

לְבֵיתləvêtTo a house

אָבֹתʾāvōtFather

שֶׂהśehSheep

לַבָּיִתlabāyitTo a house

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

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבְּרוּdabərûArrange

אֶלʾelNear

כָּלkālWhole

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

בֶּעָשֹׂרbeʿāśōrIn ten

לַחֹדֶשׁlaḥōdešTo new

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְיִקְחוּwəyiqəḥûAnd take

לָהֶםlāhemTo

אִישׁʾîšMan

שֶׂהśehSheep

לְבֵיתləvêtTo a house

אָבֹתʾāvōtFather

שֶׂהśehSheep

לַבָּיִתlabāyitTo a house

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