Exodus 3:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:”

Exodus 3:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:1624 words

לֵךְlēḵəWalk

וְאָסַפְתָּwəʾāsap̄ətāAnd gather

אֶתʾet—

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

אֲבֹתֵיכֶםʾăvōtêḵemFather

נִרְאָהnirəʾāhSee

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

וְיַעֲקֹבwəyaʿăqōvAnd Jacob

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

פָּקֹדpāqōdVisit

פָּקַדְתִּיpāqadətîVisit

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הֶעָשׂוּיheʿāśûyThe do

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

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

Word-by-word meanings

לֵךְlēḵəWalk

וְאָסַפְתָּwəʾāsap̄ətāAnd gather

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

אֲבֹתֵיכֶםʾăvōtêḵemFather

נִרְאָהnirəʾāhSee

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

וְיַעֲקֹבwəyaʿăqōvAnd Jacob

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

פָּקֹדpāqōdVisit

פָּקַדְתִּיpāqadətîVisit

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הֶעָשׂוּיheʿāśûyThe do

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

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