Exodus 3:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.”

Exodus 3:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:1826 words

וְשָׁמְעוּwəšāməʿûAnd hear

לְקֹלֶךָləqōleḵāTo voice

וּבָאתָûvāʾtāAnd go

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

וְזִקְנֵיwəziqənêAnd old

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶלʾelNear

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וַאֲמַרְתֶּםwaʾămarətemAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

הָעִבְרִיִּיםhāʿivərîymThe Eberite

נִקְרָהniqərāhLight upon

עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time

נֵלֲכָהnēlăḵāhWalk

נָּאnāʾ'I pray'

דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad

שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

וְנִזְבְּחָהwənizəbəḥāhAnd slaughter

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod

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

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