Exodus 2:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”
Exodus 2:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 2:2319 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַיָּמִיםvayāmîmIn day
הָרַבִּיםhārabîmThe abundant
הָהֵםhāhēmThe they
וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וַיֵּאָנְחוּwayēʾānəḥûAnd sigh
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
מִןminPart
הָעֲבֹדָהhāʿăvōdāhThe work
וַיִּזְעָקוּwayizəʿāqûAnd shriek
וַתַּעַלwataʿalAnd ascend
שַׁוְעָתָםšawəʿātāmHallooing
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
מִןminPart
הָעֲבֹדָהhāʿăvōdāhThe work
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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