Exodus 14:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
זֶהzehThis
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבַּרְנוּdibarənûArrange
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
בְמִצְרַיִםvəmiṣərayimIn Mitsrajim
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
חֲדַלḥădalBe flabby
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְנַעַבְדָהwənaʿavədāhAnd work
אֶתʾet—
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrite
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
טוֹבṭwōvGood
לָנוּlānûTo
עֲבֹדʿăvōdWork
אֶתʾet—
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
מִמֻּתֵנוּmimutēnûFrom die
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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