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Exodus 15:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.


Exodus 15:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 15:2713 words
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
אֵילִמָהʾêlimāhElim
וְשָׁםwəšāmAnd there
שְׁתֵּיםšətêmTwo
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
עֵינֹתʿênōtEye
מַיִםmayimWaters
וְשִׁבְעִיםwəšivəʿîmAnd seventy
תְּמָרִיםtəmārîmPalm
וַיַּחֲנוּwayaḥănûAnd incline
שָׁםšāmThere
עַלʿalAbove
הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
אֵילִמָהʾêlimāhElim
וְשָׁםwəšāmAnd there
שְׁתֵּיםšətêmTwo
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
עֵינֹתʿênōtEye
מַיִםmayimWaters
וְשִׁבְעִיםwəšivəʿîmAnd seventy
תְּמָרִיםtəmārîmPalm
וַיַּחֲנוּwayaḥănûAnd incline
שָׁםšāmThere
עַלʿalAbove
הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

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