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Exodus 12:42 — King James Version← Study notes

It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.


Exodus 12:42Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:4216 words
לֵילlêlTwist
שִׁמֻּרִיםšimurîmObservance
הוּאhûʾHe
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
לְהוֹצִיאָםləhwōṣîʾāmTo go
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
הוּאhûʾHe
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
שִׁמֻּרִיםšimurîmObservance
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְדֹרֹתָםlədōrōtāmTo revolution
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֵילlêlTwist
שִׁמֻּרִיםšimurîmObservance
הוּאhûʾHe
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
לְהוֹצִיאָםləhwōṣîʾāmTo go
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
הוּאhûʾHe
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
שִׁמֻּרִיםšimurîmObservance
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לְדֹרֹתָםlədōrōtāmTo revolution

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