Exodus 12:37 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.”

Exodus 12:37 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:3712 words

וַיִּסְעוּwayisəʿûAnd pull

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

מֵרַעְמְסֵסmēraʿəməsēsFrom Rameses

סֻכֹּתָהsukōtāhSuccoth

כְּשֵׁשׁkəšēšLike six

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand

רַגְלִיragəlîFootman

הַגְּבָרִיםhagəvārîmThe valiant

לְבַדləvadTo separation

מִטָּףmiṭāp̄From family

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

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וַיִּסְעוּwayisəʿûAnd pull

בְנֵיvənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

מֵרַעְמְסֵסmēraʿəməsēsFrom Rameses

סֻכֹּתָהsukōtāhSuccoth

כְּשֵׁשׁkəšēšLike six

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand

רַגְלִיragəlîFootman

הַגְּבָרִיםhagəvārîmThe valiant

לְבַדləvadTo separation

מִטָּףmiṭāp̄From family

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