Exodus 17:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.”
Exodus 17:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 17:520 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
עֲבֹרʿăvōrCross
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וְקַחwəqaḥAnd take
אִתְּךָʾitəḵāNearness
מִזִּקְנֵיmiziqənêFrom old
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וּמַטְּךָûmaṭəḵāAnd branch
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִכִּיתָhikîtāStrike
בּוֹbwōIn
אֶתʾet—
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
קַחqaḥTake
בְּיָדְךָbəyādəḵāIn hand
וְהָלָכְתָּwəhālāḵətāAnd walk
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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