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 3:1 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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