Exodus 2:14 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.”
Exodus 2:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:1420 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מִיmîWho?
שָׂמְךָśāməḵāPut
לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man
שַׂרśarHead
וְשֹׁפֵטwəšōp̄ēṭAnd judge
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
הַלְהָרְגֵנִיhaləhārəgēnîThe to smite
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
אֹמֵרʾōmērSay
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
הָרַגְתָּhāragətāSmite
אֶתʾet—
הַמִּצְרִיhamiṣərîThe Mitsrite
וַיִּירָאwayîrāʾAnd fear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אָכֵןʾāḵēnFirmly
נוֹדַעnwōdaʿKnow
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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