Exodus 14:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal–zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.”

Exodus 14:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:220 words

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְיָשֻׁבוּwəyāšuvûAnd turn

וְיַחֲנוּwəyaḥănûAnd incline

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

פִּיpî—

הַחִירֹתhaḥîrōtPi-ha-Chiroth

בֵּיןbênBetween

מִגְדֹּלmigədōlMigdol

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

בַּעַלbaʿal—

צְפֹןṣəp̄ōnBaal-Tsephon

נִכְחוֹniḵəḥwōFore

תַחֲנוּtaḥănûIncline

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

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

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְיָשֻׁבוּwəyāšuvûAnd turn

וְיַחֲנוּwəyaḥănûAnd incline

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

פִּיpîdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחִירֹתhaḥîrōtPi-ha-Chiroth

בֵּיןbênBetween

מִגְדֹּלmigədōlMigdol

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

בַּעַלbaʿaldirect object marker (no translation)

צְפֹןṣəp̄ōnBaal-Tsephon

נִכְחוֹniḵəḥwōFore

תַחֲנוּtaḥănûIncline

עַלʿalAbove

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

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