Exodus 14:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?”

Exodus 14:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:1116 words

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

הַמִבְּלִיhamibəlîThe from failure

אֵיןʾênNonentity

קְבָרִיםqəvārîmSepulchre

בְּמִצְרַיִםbəmiṣərayimIn Mitsrajim

לְקַחְתָּנוּləqaḥətānûTake

לָמוּתlāmûtTo die

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

מַהmahWhat?

זֹּאתzōʾtThis

עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo

לָּנוּlānûTo

לְהוֹצִיאָנוּləhwōṣîʾānûTo go

מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim

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

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