Exodus 14:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.”

Exodus 14:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 14:816 words

וַיְחַזֵּקwayəḥazēqAnd fasten

יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD

אֶתʾet—

לֵבlēvHeart

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וַיִּרְדֹּףwayirədōp̄And run after

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

יֹצְאִיםyōṣəʾîmGo

בְּיָדbəyādIn hand

רָמָהrāmāhBe high

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחַזֵּקwayəḥazēqAnd fasten

יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לֵבlēvHeart

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וַיִּרְדֹּףwayirədōp̄And run after

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

יֹצְאִיםyōṣəʾîmGo

בְּיָדbəyādIn hand

רָמָהrāmāhBe high

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