Exodus 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.”

Exodus 3:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:1220 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶהְיֶהʾehəyehExist

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

וְזֶהwəzehAnd this

לְּךָləḵāTo

הָאוֹתhāʾwōtThe signal

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

שְׁלַחְתִּיךָšəlaḥətîḵāSend

בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָbəhwōṣîʾăḵāIn go

אֶתʾet—

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

מִמִּצְרַיִםmimiṣərayimFrom Mitsrajim

תַּעַבְדוּןtaʿavədûnWork

אֶתʾet—

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

עַלʿalAbove

הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶהְיֶהʾehəyehExist

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

וְזֶהwəzehAnd this

לְּךָləḵāTo

הָאוֹתhāʾwōtThe signal

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

שְׁלַחְתִּיךָšəlaḥətîḵāSend

בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָbəhwōṣîʾăḵāIn go

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

מִמִּצְרַיִםmimiṣərayimFrom Mitsrajim

תַּעַבְדוּןtaʿavədûnWork

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

עַלʿalAbove

הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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