Exodus 14:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

Exodus 14:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:521 words

וַיֻּגַּדwayugadAnd front

לְמֶלֶךְləmeleḵəTo king

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָרַחvāraḥBolt

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיֵּהָפֵךְwayēhāp̄ēḵəAnd turn

לְבַבləvavHeart

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וַעֲבָדָיוwaʿăvādāywAnd servant

אֶלʾelNear

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיֹּאמרוּwayōʾmrûAnd say

מַהmahWhat?

זֹּאתzōʾtThis

עָשִׂינוּʿāśînûDo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שִׁלַּחְנוּšilaḥənûSend

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

מֵעָבְדֵנוּmēʿāvədēnûFrom work

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֻּגַּדwayugadAnd front

לְמֶלֶךְləmeleḵəTo king

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָרַחvāraḥBolt

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיֵּהָפֵךְwayēhāp̄ēḵəAnd turn

לְבַבləvavHeart

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וַעֲבָדָיוwaʿăvādāywAnd servant

אֶלʾelNear

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיֹּאמרוּwayōʾmrûAnd say

מַהmahWhat?

זֹּאתzōʾtThis

עָשִׂינוּʿāśînûDo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שִׁלַּחְנוּšilaḥənûSend

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

מֵעָבְדֵנוּmēʿāvədēnûFrom work

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