Exodus 17:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.”

Exodus 17:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 17:620 words

הִנְנִיhinənîLo!

עֹמֵדʿōmēdStand

לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face

שָּׁםšāmThere

עַלʿalAbove

הַצּוּרhaṣûrThe cliff

בְּחֹרֵבbəḥōrēvIn Choreb

וְהִכִּיתָwəhikîtāAnd strike

בַצּוּרvaṣûrIn cliff

וְיָצְאוּwəyāṣəʾûAnd go

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

מַיִםmayimWaters

וְשָׁתָהwəšātāhAnd imbibe

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do

כֵּןkēnSet upright

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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