Exodus 31:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.”

Exodus 31:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 31:1321 words

וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

אֶתʾet—

שַׁבְּתֹתַיšabətōtayIntermission

תִּשְׁמֹרוּtišəmōrûHedge

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אוֹתʾwōtSignal

הִואhiwʾHe

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between

לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםlədōrōtêḵemTo revolution

לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדִּשְׁכֶםməqadišəḵemBe

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שַׁבְּתֹתַיšabətōtayIntermission

תִּשְׁמֹרוּtišəmōrûHedge

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אוֹתʾwōtSignal

הִואhiwʾHe

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֵיכֶםûvênêḵemAnd between

לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםlədōrōtêḵemTo revolution

לָדַעַתlādaʿatTo know

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדִּשְׁכֶםməqadišəḵemBe

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