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Exodus 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.


Exodus 3:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:216 words
וַיֵּרָאwayērāʾAnd see
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
בְּלַבַּתbəlabatIn flame
אֵשׁʾēšFire
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַסְּנֶהhasənehThe bramble
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הַסְּנֶהhasənehThe bramble
בֹּעֵרbōʿērKindle
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וְהַסְּנֶהwəhasənehAnd the bramble
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אֻכָּלʾukālEat
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּרָאwayērāʾAnd see
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהֹוָהyəhôhLORD
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
בְּלַבַּתbəlabatIn flame
אֵשׁʾēšFire
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַסְּנֶהhasənehThe bramble
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הַסְּנֶהhasənehThe bramble
בֹּעֵרbōʿērKindle
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וְהַסְּנֶהwəhasənehAnd the bramble
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
אֻכָּלʾukālEat

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