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Exodus 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.


Exodus 3:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:119 words
וּמֹשֶׁהûmōšehAnd Moses
הָיָהhāyāhExist
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶתʾet
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
חֹתְנוֹḥōtənwōGive
כֹּהֵןkōhēnOfficiating
מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan
וַיִּנְהַגwayinəhagAnd drive
אֶתʾet
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
הַרharMountain
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
חֹרֵבָהḥōrēvāhChoreb
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמֹשֶׁהûmōšehAnd Moses
הָיָהhāyāhExist
רֹעֶהrōʿehTend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
חֹתְנוֹḥōtənwōGive
כֹּהֵןkōhēnOfficiating
מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan
וַיִּנְהַגwayinəhagAnd drive
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
הַרharMountain
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
חֹרֵבָהḥōrēvāhChoreb

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