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Exodus 2:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.


Exodus 2:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:1117 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בַּ/יָּמִ֣יםbayāmiym
in the dayspronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הָ/הֵ֗םhāhēm
thoseparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וַ/יִּגְדַּ֤לwayigədal
and he grew upconjH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
מֹשֶׁה֙mōšeh
MosesnounH4872
וַ/יֵּצֵ֣אwayēṣēʾ
and he went outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶחָ֔י/וʾeḥāyw
brothers hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וַ/יַּ֖רְאwayarəʾ
and he lookedconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְּ/סִבְלֹתָ֑/םbəsibəlōtām
on forced labor theirpronH5450
וַ/יַּרְא֙wayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִצְרִ֔יmiṣəriy
EgyptiannounH4713
of Egypt
מַכֶּ֥הmakeh
strikingverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אִישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
עִבְרִ֖יʿibəriy
HebrewnounH5680
woman)
מֵ/אֶחָֽי/וmēʾeḥāyw
one of brothers hispronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Sofia AndradeNote2mo ago
Moses Sees, Then Acts Wrong
I love that Moses wasn't content to live comfortably in Pharaoh's palace. At some point - the text doesn't say how or when - he genuinely saw his own people's suffering. That seeing mattered. It moved...
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