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Exodus 14:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.


Exodus 14:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:310 words
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
נְבֻכִיםnəvuḵîmInvolve
הֵםhēmThey
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
סָגַרsāgarShut
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
נְבֻכִיםnəvuḵîmInvolve
הֵםhēmThey
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
סָגַרsāgarShut
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture

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