Exodus 2:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.”

Exodus 2:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:18 words

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

אִישׁʾîšMan

מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house

לֵוִיlēwîLevi

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

בַּתbatDaughter

לֵוִיlēwîLevi

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk

אִישׁʾîšMan

מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house

לֵוִיlēwîLevi

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בַּתbatDaughter

לֵוִיlēwîLevi

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