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 2:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:2212 words
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet—
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
גֵּרְשֹׁםgērəšōmGereshom
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
גֵּרgērGuest
הָיִיתִיhāyîtîExist
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
נָכְרִיָּהnāḵərîhStrange
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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