Exodus 12:40 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.”

Exodus 12:40 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:4011 words

וּמוֹשַׁבûmwōšavAnd seat

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָשְׁבוּyāšəvûSit

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְאַרְבַּעwəʾarəbaʿAnd four

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּמוֹשַׁבûmwōšavAnd seat

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָשְׁבוּyāšəvûSit

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְאַרְבַּעwəʾarəbaʿAnd four

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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