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Exodus 2:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.


Exodus 2:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 2:2212 words
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
גֵּרְשֹׁםgērəšōmGereshom
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
גֵּרgērGuest
הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
נָכְרִיָּהnāḵərîhStrange
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
גֵּרְשֹׁםgērəšōmGereshom
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
גֵּרgērGuest
הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
נָכְרִיָּהnāḵərîhStrange

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