“Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”
Exodus 14:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 14:1221 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/לֹאhălōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
זֶ֣הzeh
is thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַ/דָּבָ֗רhadābār
the wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
אֲשֶׁר֩ʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבַּ֨רְנוּdibarənw
we spokeverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלֶ֤י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בְ/מִצְרַ֨יִם֙bəmiṣərayim
in EgyptpronH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חֲדַ֥לḥădal
ceaseverbH2308
end · fall · forbear · forsake ···
מִמֶּ֖/נּוּmimenw
from uspronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/נַֽעַבְדָ֣הwənaʿabədāh
so let us serveconjH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִצְרָ֑יִםmiṣərāyim
EgyptnounH4713
of Egypt
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ט֥וֹבṭwōb
is betteradjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָ֨/נוּ֙lānw
pron
עֲבֹ֣דʿăbōd
servingverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מִצְרַ֔יִםmiṣərayim
EgyptnounH4713
of Egypt
מִ/מֻּתֵ֖/נוּmimutēnw
than to die uspronH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בַּ/מִּדְבָּֽרbamidəbār
in the wildernesspronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
ℹWords 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.
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