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Exodus 33:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.


Exodus 33:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 33:2011 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
תוּכַלtûḵalBe able
לִרְאֹתlirəʾōtTo see
אֶתʾet
פָּנָיpānāyFace
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יִרְאַנִיyirəʾanîSee
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
תוּכַלtûḵalBe able
לִרְאֹתlirəʾōtTo see
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
פָּנָיpānāyFace
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יִרְאַנִיyirəʾanîSee
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live

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