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Exodus 14:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.


Exodus 14:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:417 words
וְחִזַּקְתִּיwəḥizaqətîAnd fasten
אֶתʾet
לֵבlēvHeart
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
וְרָדַףwərādap̄And run after
אַחֲרֵיהֶםʾaḥărêhemThe hind part
וְאִכָּבְדָהwəʾikāvədāhAnd be heavy
בְּפַרְעֹהbəp̄arəʿōhIn Paroh
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
חֵילוֹḥêlwōForce
וְיָדְעוּwəyādəʿûAnd know
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְחִזַּקְתִּיwəḥizaqətîAnd fasten
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לֵבlēvHeart
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
וְרָדַףwərādap̄And run after
אַחֲרֵיהֶםʾaḥărêhemThe hind part
וְאִכָּבְדָהwəʾikāvədāhAnd be heavy
בְּפַרְעֹהbəp̄arəʿōhIn Paroh
וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole
חֵילוֹḥêlwōForce
וְיָדְעוּwəyādəʿûAnd know
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright

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