Exodus 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.”

Exodus 2:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:1519 words

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾet—

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וַיְבַקֵּשׁwayəvaqēšAnd search

לַהֲרֹגlahărōgTo smite

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיִּבְרַחwayivəraḥAnd bolt

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

עַלʿalAbove

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וַיְבַקֵּשׁwayəvaqēšAnd search

לַהֲרֹגlahărōgTo smite

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיִּבְרַחwayivəraḥAnd bolt

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

עַלʿalAbove

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

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