Exodus 2:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.”

Exodus 2:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:1612 words

וּלְכֹהֵןûləḵōhēnAnd to officiating

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

בָּנוֹתbānwōtDaughter

וַתָּבֹאנָהwatāvōʾnāhAnd go

וַתִּדְלֶנָהwatidəlenāhAnd dangle

וַתְּמַלֶּאנָהwatəmaleʾnāhAnd fill

אֶתʾet—

הָרְהָטִיםhārəhāṭîmThe channel

לְהַשְׁקוֹתləhašəqwōtTo quaff

צֹאןṣōʾnFlock

אֲבִיהֶןʾăvîhenFather

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

Word-by-word meanings