Exodus 13:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.”

Exodus 13:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 13:1922 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

עַצְמוֹתʿaṣəmwōtBone

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הַשְׁבֵּעַhašəbēʿaSeven

הִשְׁבִּיעַhišəbîʿaSeven

אֶתʾet—

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

פָּקֹדpāqōdVisit

יִפְקֹדyip̄əqōdVisit

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

וְהַעֲלִיתֶםwəhaʿălîtemAnd ascend

אֶתʾet—

עַצְמֹתַיʿaṣəmōtayBone

מִזֶּהmizehFrom this

אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עַצְמוֹתʿaṣəmwōtBone

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הַשְׁבֵּעַhašəbēʿaSeven

הִשְׁבִּיעַhišəbîʿaSeven

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

פָּקֹדpāqōdVisit

יִפְקֹדyip̄əqōdVisit

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

וְהַעֲלִיתֶםwəhaʿălîtemAnd ascend

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עַצְמֹתַיʿaṣəmōtayBone

מִזֶּהmizehFrom this

אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness

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