Exodus 15:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.”

Exodus 15:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 15:2014 words

וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take

מִרְיָםmirəyāmMirjam

הַנְּבִיאָהhanəvîʾāhThe prophetess

אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾet—

הַתֹּףhatōp̄The tambourine

בְּיָדָהּbəyādāhIn hand

וַתֵּצֶאןָwatēṣeʾnāAnd go

כָלḵālWhole

הַנָּשִׁיםhanāšîmThe woman

אַחֲרֶיהָʾaḥăreyhāThe hind part

בְּתֻפִּיםbətupîmIn tambourine

וּבִמְחֹלֹתûviməḥōlōtAnd in dance

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

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