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Exodus 3:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.


Exodus 3:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 3:825 words
וָאֵרֵדwāʾērēdAnd descend
לְהַצִּילוֹləhaṣîlwōTo snatch
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
וּלְהַעֲלֹתוֹûləhaʿălōtwōAnd to ascend
מִןminPart
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
טוֹבָהṭwōvāhGood
וּרְחָבָהûrəḥāvāhAnd roomy
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey
אֶלʾelNear
מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
וְהַחִתִּיwəhaḥitîAnd the Chittite
וְהָאֱמֹרִיwəhāʾĕmōrîAnd the Emorite
וְהַפְּרִזִּיwəhapərizîAnd the Perizzite
וְהַחִוִּיwəhaḥiûyAnd the Chivvite
וְהַיְבוּסִיwəhayəvûsîAnd the Jebusite
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֵרֵדwāʾērēdAnd descend
לְהַצִּילוֹləhaṣîlwōTo snatch
מִיַּדmîdFrom hand
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
וּלְהַעֲלֹתוֹûləhaʿălōtwōAnd to ascend
מִןminPart
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
טוֹבָהṭwōvāhGood
וּרְחָבָהûrəḥāvāhAnd roomy
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
זָבַתzāvatFlow
חָלָבḥālāvMilk
וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey
אֶלʾelNear
מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
וְהַחִתִּיwəhaḥitîAnd the Chittite
וְהָאֱמֹרִיwəhāʾĕmōrîAnd the Emorite
וְהַפְּרִזִּיwəhapərizîAnd the Perizzite
וְהַחִוִּיwəhaḥiûyAnd the Chivvite
וְהַיְבוּסִיwəhayəvûsîAnd the Jebusite

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