Exodus 18:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:”

Exodus 18:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:1918 words

עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time

שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear

בְּקֹלִיbəqōlîIn voice

אִיעָצְךָʾîʿāṣəḵāAdvise

וִיהִיwîhîAnd exist

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

הֱיֵהhĕyēhExist

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

לָעָםlāʿāmTo people

מוּלmûlAbrupt

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וְהֵבֵאתָwəhēvēʾtāAnd go

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

אֶתʾet—

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

אֶלʾelNear

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

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

Word-by-word meanings

עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time

שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear

בְּקֹלִיbəqōlîIn voice

אִיעָצְךָʾîʿāṣəḵāAdvise

וִיהִיwîhîAnd exist

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

הֱיֵהhĕyēhExist

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

לָעָםlāʿāmTo people

מוּלmûlAbrupt

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וְהֵבֵאתָwəhēvēʾtāAnd go

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

אֶלʾelNear

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

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