Exodus 13:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.”
Exodus 13:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 13:1529 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הִקְשָׁהhiqəšāhBe dense
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּləšaləḥēnûTo send
וַיַּהֲרֹגwayahărōgAnd smite
יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD
כָּלkālWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
מִבְּכֹרmibəḵōrFrom first-born
אָדָםʾādāmMan
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
אֲנִיʾănîI
זֹבֵחַzōvēḥaSlaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
כָּלkālWhole
פֶּטֶרpeṭerFissure
רֶחֶםreḥemWomb
הַזְּכָרִיםhazəḵārîmThe remembered
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בָּנַיbānaySon
אֶפְדֶּהʾep̄ədehSever
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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