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Exodus 16:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.


Exodus 16:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:1313 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בָעֶרֶבvāʿerevIn dusk
וַתַּעַלwataʿalAnd ascend
הַשְּׂלָוhaśəlāwThe quail
וַתְּכַסwatəḵasAnd plump
אֶתʾet
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
וּבַבֹּקֶרûvabōqerAnd in dawn
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying
הַטַּלhaṭalThe dew
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
לַמַּחֲנֶהlamaḥănehTo encampment
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בָעֶרֶבvāʿerevIn dusk
וַתַּעַלwataʿalAnd ascend
הַשְּׂלָוhaśəlāwThe quail
וַתְּכַסwatəḵasAnd plump
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
וּבַבֹּקֶרûvabōqerAnd in dawn
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying
הַטַּלhaṭalThe dew
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
לַמַּחֲנֶהlamaḥănehTo encampment

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