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 13:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 13:1724 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּשַׁלַּחbəšalaḥIn send
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
אֶתʾet—
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
נָחָםnāḥāmGuide
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
קָרוֹבqārwōvNear
הוּאhûʾHe
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִנָּחֵםyināḥēmSigh
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
בִּרְאֹתָםbirəʾōtāmIn see
מִלְחָמָהmiləḥāmāhBattle
וְשָׁבוּwəšāvûAnd turn
מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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