Exodus 32:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.”

Exodus 32:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:2727 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָהֶםlāhemTo

כֹּהkōhLike this

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שִׂימוּśîmûPut

אִישׁʾîšMan

חַרְבּוֹḥarəbwōDrought

עַלʿalAbove

יְרֵכוֹyərēḵwōThigh

עִבְרוּʿivərûCross

וָשׁוּבוּwāšûvûAnd turn

מִשַּׁעַרmišaʿarFrom opening

לָשַׁעַרlāšaʿarTo opening

בַּמַּחֲנֶהbamaḥănehIn encampment

וְהִרְגוּwəhirəgûAnd smite

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾet—

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֶתʾet—

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֶתʾet—

קְרֹבוֹqərōvwōNear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָהֶםlāhemTo

כֹּהkōhLike this

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

שִׂימוּśîmûPut

אִישׁʾîšMan

חַרְבּוֹḥarəbwōDrought

עַלʿalAbove

יְרֵכוֹyərēḵwōThigh

עִבְרוּʿivərûCross

וָשׁוּבוּwāšûvûAnd turn

מִשַּׁעַרmišaʿarFrom opening

לָשַׁעַרlāšaʿarTo opening

בַּמַּחֲנֶהbamaḥănehIn encampment

וְהִרְגוּwəhirəgûAnd smite

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

קְרֹבוֹqərōvwōNear

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