Sign in
Exodus 13:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:


Exodus 13:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 13:1724 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֗יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְּ/שַׁלַּ֣חbəšalaḥ
when let gopronH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
פַּרְעֹה֮parəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָם֒hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָחָ֣/םnāḥām
he led themverbH5148
bring · govern · guide · lead ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
דֶּ֚רֶךְderekə
the way ofnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ
the land ofnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קָר֖וֹבqārwōb
was nearadjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
ה֑וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
he saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
פֶּֽןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יִנָּחֵ֥םyināḥēm
it should regretverbH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
הָ/עָ֛םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
בִּ/רְאֹתָ֥/םbirəʾōtām
when see theypronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
מִלְחָמָ֖הmiləḥāmāh
battlenounH4421
fight · war
וְ/שָׁ֥בוּwəšābw
and they will returnconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
מִצְרָֽיְמָ/הmiṣərāyəmāh
Egypt towardsnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
OH
Omar HassanNote2mo ago
The Long Way Is Sometimes the Wise Way
God didn't lead them on the short route to Canaan - the coastal path that would've taken weeks. Instead, He led them the long way through the wilderness. The text gives a reason: if they saw war, they...
1