Exodus 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.”
Exodus 3:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 3:517 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
תִּקְרַבtiqəravApproach
הֲלֹםhălōmHither
שַׁלšalPluck off
נְעָלֶיךָnəʿāleyḵāSandal tongue
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
רַגְלֶיךָragəleyḵāFoot
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עוֹמֵדʿwōmēdStand
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
אַדְמַתʾadəmatGround
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
הוּאhûʾHe
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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