Exodus 18:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:”

Exodus 18:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:313 words

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

שְׁנֵיšənêTwo

בָנֶיהָvāneyhāSon

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

גֵּרְשֹׁםgērəšōmGereshom

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָמַרʾāmarSay

גֵּרgērGuest

הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

נָכְרִיָּהnāḵərîhStrange

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁנֵיšənêTwo

בָנֶיהָvāneyhāSon

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united

גֵּרְשֹׁםgērəšōmGereshom

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָמַרʾāmarSay

גֵּרgērGuest

הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

נָכְרִיָּהnāḵərîhStrange

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