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Exodus 17:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.


Exodus 17:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 17:1419 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
כְּתֹבkətōvGrave
זֹאתzōʾtThis
זִכָּרוֹןzikārwōnMemento
בַּסֵּפֶרbasēp̄erIn writing
וְשִׂיםwəśîmAnd put
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
יְהוֹשֻׁעַyəhwōšuʿaJoshua
כִּיRelative conjunction
מָחֹהmāḥōhStroke
אֶמְחֶהʾeməḥehStroke
אֶתʾet
זֵכֶרzēḵerMemento
עֲמָלֵקʿămālēqAmalek
מִתַּחַתmitaḥatFrom bottom
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
כְּתֹבkətōvGrave
זֹאתzōʾtThis
זִכָּרוֹןzikārwōnMemento
בַּסֵּפֶרbasēp̄erIn writing
וְשִׂיםwəśîmAnd put
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
יְהוֹשֻׁעַyəhwōšuʿaJoshua
כִּיRelative conjunction
מָחֹהmāḥōhStroke
אֶמְחֶהʾeməḥehStroke
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
זֵכֶרzēḵerMemento
עֲמָלֵקʿămālēqAmalek
מִתַּחַתmitaḥatFrom bottom
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

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