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Exodus 3:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.


Exodus 3:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:1718 words
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
אַעֲלֶהʾaʿălehAscend
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem
מֵעֳנִיmēʿŏnîFrom depression
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
וְהַחִתִּיwəhaḥitîAnd the Chittite
וְהָאֱמֹרִיwəhāʾĕmōrîAnd the Emorite
וְהַפְּרִזִּיwəhapərizîAnd the Perizzite
וְהַחִוִּיwəhaḥiûyAnd the Chivvite
וְהַיְבוּסִיwəhayəvûsîAnd the Jebusite
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
אַעֲלֶהʾaʿălehAscend
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)
מֵעֳנִיmēʿŏnîFrom depression
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
וְהַחִתִּיwəhaḥitîAnd the Chittite
וְהָאֱמֹרִיwəhāʾĕmōrîAnd the Emorite
וְהַפְּרִזִּיwəhapərizîAnd the Perizzite
וְהַחִוִּיwəhaḥiûyAnd the Chivvite
וְהַיְבוּסִיwəhayəvûsîAnd the Jebusite
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey

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