Exodus 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.”

Exodus 2:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:179 words

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

הָרֹעִיםhārōʿîmThe tend

וַיְגָרְשׁוּםwayəgārəšûmAnd drive out

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיּוֹשִׁעָןwaywōšiʿānAnd be open

וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

צֹאנָםṣōʾnāmFlock

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

הָרֹעִיםhārōʿîmThe tend

וַיְגָרְשׁוּםwayəgārəšûmAnd drive out

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיּוֹשִׁעָןwaywōšiʿānAnd be open

וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

צֹאנָםṣōʾnāmFlock

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