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Exodus 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.


Exodus 17:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 17:1223 words
וִידֵיwîdêAnd hand
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
כְּבֵדִיםkəvēdîmHeavy
וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take
אֶבֶןʾevenStone
וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
תַחְתָּיוtaḥətāywBottom
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
וְחוּרwəḥûrAnd Chur
תָּמְכוּtāməḵûSustain
בְיָדָיוvəyādāywIn hand
מִזֶּהmizehFrom this
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
וּמִזֶּהûmizehAnd from this
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יָדָיוyādāywHand
אֱמוּנָהʾĕmûnāhFirmness
עַדʿadAs far
בֹּאbōʾGo
הַשָּׁמֶשׁhašāmešThe sun
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וִידֵיwîdêAnd hand
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
כְּבֵדִיםkəvēdîmHeavy
וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take
אֶבֶןʾevenStone
וַיָּשִׂימוּwayāśîmûAnd put
תַחְתָּיוtaḥətāywBottom
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
וְחוּרwəḥûrAnd Chur
תָּמְכוּtāməḵûSustain
בְיָדָיוvəyādāywIn hand
מִזֶּהmizehFrom this
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
וּמִזֶּהûmizehAnd from this
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יָדָיוyādāywHand
אֱמוּנָהʾĕmûnāhFirmness
עַדʿadAs far
בֹּאbōʾGo
הַשָּׁמֶשׁhašāmešThe sun

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