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Exodus 2:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.


Exodus 2:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:2013 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֹתָיוbənōtāywDaughter
וְאַיּוֹwəʾaywōAnd where?
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
זֶּהzehThis
עֲזַבְתֶּןʿăzavətenLoosen
אֶתʾet
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
קִרְאֶןqirəʾenCall out to
לוֹlwōTo
וְיֹאכַלwəyōʾḵalAnd eat
לָחֶםlāḥemFood
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֹתָיוbənōtāywDaughter
וְאַיּוֹwəʾaywōAnd where?
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
זֶּהzehThis
עֲזַבְתֶּןʿăzavətenLoosen
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
קִרְאֶןqirəʾenCall out to
לוֹlwōTo
וְיֹאכַלwəyōʾḵalAnd eat
לָחֶםlāḥemFood

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