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Exodus 16:12 — King James Version← Study notes

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.


Exodus 16:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:1220 words
שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear
אֶתʾet
תְּלוּנֹּתtəlûnōtGrumbling
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
בֵּיןbênBetween
הָעַרְבַּיִםhāʿarəbayimThe dusk
תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh
וּבַבֹּקֶרûvabōqerAnd in dawn
תִּשְׂבְּעוּtiśəbəʿûSate
לָחֶםlāḥemFood
וִידַעְתֶּםwîdaʿətemAnd know
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
תְּלוּנֹּתtəlûnōtGrumbling
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
בֵּיןbênBetween
הָעַרְבַּיִםhāʿarəbayimThe dusk
תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh
וּבַבֹּקֶרûvabōqerAnd in dawn
תִּשְׂבְּעוּtiśəbəʿûSate
לָחֶםlāḥemFood
וִידַעְתֶּםwîdaʿətemAnd know
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

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