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Exodus 12:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.


Exodus 12:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 12:916 words
אַלʾalNot
תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
נָאnāʾTough
וּבָשֵׁלûvāšēlAnd boiled
מְבֻשָּׁלməvušālBoil
בַּמָּיִםbamāyimIn waters
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
צְלִיṣəlîRoasted
אֵשׁʾēšFire
רֹאשׁוֹrōʾšwōHead
עַלʿalAbove
כְּרָעָיוkərāʿāywLeg
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
קִרְבּוֹqirəbwōNearest
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אַלʾalNot
תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
נָאnāʾTough
וּבָשֵׁלûvāšēlAnd boiled
מְבֻשָּׁלməvušālBoil
בַּמָּיִםbamāyimIn waters
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
צְלִיṣəlîRoasted
אֵשׁʾēšFire
רֹאשׁוֹrōʾšwōHead
עַלʿalAbove
כְּרָעָיוkərāʿāywLeg
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
קִרְבּוֹqirəbwōNearest

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