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Exodus 32:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.


Exodus 32:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:1220 words
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
בְּרָעָהbərāʿāhIn bad
הוֹצִיאָםhwōṣîʾāmGo
לַהֲרֹגlahărōgTo smite
אֹתָםʾōtām
בֶּהָרִיםbehārîmIn mountain
וּלְכַלֹּתָםûləḵalōtāmAnd to end
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
שׁוּבšûvTurn
מֵחֲרוֹןmēḥărwōnFrom burning
אַפֶּךָʾapeḵāNose
וְהִנָּחֵםwəhināḥēmAnd sigh
עַלʿalAbove
הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad
לְעַמֶּךָləʿameḵāTo people
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
בְּרָעָהbərāʿāhIn bad
הוֹצִיאָםhwōṣîʾāmGo
לַהֲרֹגlahărōgTo smite
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
בֶּהָרִיםbehārîmIn mountain
וּלְכַלֹּתָםûləḵalōtāmAnd to end
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
שׁוּבšûvTurn
מֵחֲרוֹןmēḥărwōnFrom burning
אַפֶּךָʾapeḵāNose
וְהִנָּחֵםwəhināḥēmAnd sigh
עַלʿalAbove
הָרָעָהhārāʿāhThe bad
לְעַמֶּךָləʿameḵāTo people

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