Exodus 17:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.”

Exodus 17:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 17:919 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶלʾelNear

יְהוֹשֻׁעַyəhwōšuʿaJoshua

בְּחַרbəḥarTry

לָנוּlānûTo

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וְצֵאwəṣēʾAnd go

הִלָּחֵםhilāḥēmFeed on

בַּעֲמָלֵקbaʿămālēqIn Amalek

מָחָרmāḥārDeferred

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

נִצָּבniṣāvStation

עַלʿalAbove

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

הַגִּבְעָהhagivəʿāhThe hillock

וּמַטֵּהûmaṭēhAnd branch

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand

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

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