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Exodus 31:17 — King James Version← Study notes

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.


Exodus 31:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 31:1720 words
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הִואhiwʾHe
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed
כִּיRelative conjunction
שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְאֶתwəʾet
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שָׁבַתšāvatRepose
וַיִּנָּפַשׁwayināp̄ašAnd breathe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הִואhiwʾHe
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed
כִּיRelative conjunction
שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שָׁבַתšāvatRepose
וַיִּנָּפַשׁwayināp̄ašAnd breathe

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