Exodus 2:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.”

Exodus 2:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:1913 words

וַתֹּאמַרְןָwatōʾmarənāAnd say

אִישׁʾîšMan

מִצְרִיmiṣərîMitsrite

הִצִּילָנוּhiṣîlānûSnatch

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

הָרֹעִיםhārōʿîmThe tend

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

דָּלֹהdālōhDangle

דָלָהdālāhDangle

לָנוּlānûTo

וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמַרְןָwatōʾmarənāAnd say

אִישׁʾîšMan

מִצְרִיmiṣərîMitsrite

הִצִּילָנוּhiṣîlānûSnatch

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

הָרֹעִיםhārōʿîmThe tend

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

דָּלֹהdālōhDangle

דָלָהdālāhDangle

לָנוּlānûTo

וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock

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