Exodus 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.”

Exodus 2:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:1212 words

וַיִּפֶןwayip̄enAnd turn

כֹּהkōhLike this

וָכֹהwāḵōhAnd like this

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֵיןʾênNonentity

אִישׁʾîšMan

וַיַּךְwayaḵəAnd strike

אֶתʾet—

הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite

וַיִּטְמְנֵהוּwayiṭəmənēhûAnd hide

בַּחוֹלbaḥwōlIn sand

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּפֶןwayip̄enAnd turn

כֹּהkōhLike this

וָכֹהwāḵōhAnd like this

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֵיןʾênNonentity

אִישׁʾîšMan

וַיַּךְwayaḵəAnd strike

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite

וַיִּטְמְנֵהוּwayiṭəmənēhûAnd hide

בַּחוֹלbaḥwōlIn sand

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