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Exodus 16:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.


Exodus 16:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:177 words
וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיִּלְקְטוּwayiləqəṭûAnd pick
הַמַּרְבֶּהhamarəbehThe increase
וְהַמַּמְעִיטwəhamaməʿîṭAnd the pare
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיִּלְקְטוּwayiləqəṭûAnd pick
הַמַּרְבֶּהhamarəbehThe increase
וְהַמַּמְעִיטwəhamaməʿîṭAnd the pare

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