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Exodus 2:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?


Exodus 2:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:1313 words
וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
עִבְרִיםʿivərîmEberite
נִצִּיםniṣîmGo forth
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָרָשָׁעlārāšāʿTo wrong
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
תַכֶּהtakehStrike
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
עִבְרִיםʿivərîmEberite
נִצִּיםniṣîmGo forth
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָרָשָׁעlārāšāʿTo wrong
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
תַכֶּהtakehStrike
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate

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