Exodus 14:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.”

Exodus 14:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:1714 words

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

הִנְנִיhinənîLo!

מְחַזֵּקməḥazēqFasten

אֶתʾet—

לֵבlēvHeart

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

וְיָבֹאוּwəyāvōʾûAnd go

אַחֲרֵיהֶםʾaḥărêhemThe hind part

וְאִכָּבְדָהwəʾikāvədāhAnd be heavy

בְּפַרְעֹהbəp̄arəʿōhIn Paroh

וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole

חֵילוֹḥêlwōForce

בְּרִכְבּוֹbəriḵəbwōIn vehicle

וּבְפָרָשָׁיוûvəp̄ārāšāywAnd in steed

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

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