Exodus 14:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.”

Exodus 14:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:2020 words

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

בֵּיןbênBetween

מַחֲנֵהmaḥănēhEncampment

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

מַחֲנֵהmaḥănēhEncampment

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הֶעָנָןheʿānānThe cloud

וְהַחֹשֶׁךְwəhaḥōšeḵəAnd the darkness

וַיָּאֶרwayāʾerAnd be

אֶתʾet—

הַלָּיְלָהhalāyəlāhThe twist

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

קָרַבqāravApproach

זֶהzehThis

אֶלʾelNear

זֶהzehThis

כָּלkālWhole

הַלָּיְלָהhalāyəlāhThe twist

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

בֵּיןbênBetween

מַחֲנֵהmaḥănēhEncampment

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

מַחֲנֵהmaḥănēhEncampment

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הֶעָנָןheʿānānThe cloud

וְהַחֹשֶׁךְwəhaḥōšeḵəAnd the darkness

וַיָּאֶרwayāʾerAnd be

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַלָּיְלָהhalāyəlāhThe twist

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

קָרַבqāravApproach

זֶהzehThis

אֶלʾelNear

זֶהzehThis

כָּלkālWhole

הַלָּיְלָהhalāyəlāhThe twist

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