Exodus 12:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.”

Exodus 12:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:715 words

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take

מִןminPart

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הַמְּזוּזֹתhaməzûzōtThe door-post

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

הַמַּשְׁקוֹףhamašəqwōp̄The lintel

עַלʿalAbove

הַבָּתִּיםhabātîmThe a house

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יֹאכְלוּyōʾḵəlûEat

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take

מִןminPart

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

עַלʿalAbove

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

הַמְּזוּזֹתhaməzûzōtThe door-post

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

הַמַּשְׁקוֹףhamašəqwōp̄The lintel

עַלʿalAbove

הַבָּתִּיםhabātîmThe a house

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יֹאכְלוּyōʾḵəlûEat

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

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