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 2:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:1117 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַּיָּמִיםbayāmîmIn day
הָהֵםhāhēmThe they
וַיִּגְדַּלwayigədalAnd be
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
בְּסִבְלֹתָםbəsivəlōtāmIn porterage
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אִישׁʾîšMan
מִצְרִיmiṣərîMitsrite
מַכֶּהmakehStrike
אִישׁʾîšMan
עִבְרִיʿivərîEberite
מֵאֶחָיוmēʾeḥāywFrom brother
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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