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 31:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 31:1720 words
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אוֹתʾwōtSignal
הִואhiwʾHe
לְעֹלָםləʿōlāmTo concealed
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
שֵׁשֶׁתšēšetSix
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet—
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּבַיּוֹםûvaywōmAnd in day
הַשְּׁבִיעִיhašəvîʿîThe seventh
שָׁבַתšāvatRepose
וַיִּנָּפַשׁwayināp̄ašAnd breathe
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