Exodus 23:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 23:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:913 words

וְגֵרwəgērAnd guest

לֹאlōʾNot

תִלְחָץtiləḥāṣPress

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

יְדַעְתֶּםyədaʿətemKnow

אֶתʾet—

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul

הַגֵּרhagērThe guest

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

גֵרִיםgērîmGuest

הֱיִיתֶםhĕyîtemExist

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְגֵרwəgērAnd guest

לֹאlōʾNot

תִלְחָץtiləḥāṣPress

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

יְדַעְתֶּםyədaʿətemKnow

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul

הַגֵּרhagērThe guest

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

גֵרִיםgērîmGuest

הֱיִיתֶםhĕyîtemExist

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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