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Exodus 3:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?


Exodus 3:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:1323 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
בָאvāʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתִּיwəʾāmarətîAnd say
לָהֶםlāhemTo
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶםʾăvwōtêḵemFather
שְׁלָחַנִיšəlāḥanîSend
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
לִיTo
מַהmahWhat?
שְּׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
מָהmāhWhat?
אֹמַרʾōmarSay
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
בָאvāʾGo
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתִּיwəʾāmarətîAnd say
לָהֶםlāhemTo
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶםʾăvwōtêḵemFather
שְׁלָחַנִיšəlāḥanîSend
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
וְאָמְרוּwəʾāmərûAnd say
לִיTo
מַהmahWhat?
שְּׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
מָהmāhWhat?
אֹמַרʾōmarSay
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

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