Exodus 3:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;”

Exodus 3:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:718 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

רָאֹהrāʾōhSee

רָאִיתִיrāʾîtîSee

אֶתʾet—

עֳנִיʿŏnîDepression

עַמִּיʿamîPeople

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּמִצְרָיִםbəmiṣərāyimIn Mitsrajim

וְאֶתwəʾet—

צַעֲקָתָםṣaʿăqātāmShriek

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face

נֹגְשָׂיוnōgəśāywDrive

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow

אֶתʾet—

מַכְאֹבָיוmaḵəʾōvāywAnguish

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

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