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Exodus 33:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.


Exodus 33:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 33:525 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֱמֹרʾĕmōrSay
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
עַםʿamPeople
קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere
עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape
רֶגַעregaʿWink
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
בְקִרְבְּךָvəqirəbəḵāIn nearest
וְכִלִּיתִיךָwəḵilîtîḵāAnd end
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הוֹרֵדhwōrēdDescend
עֶדְיְךָʿedəyəḵāFinery
מֵעָלֶיךָmēʿāleyḵāFrom above
וְאֵדְעָהwəʾēdəʿāhAnd know
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
לָּךְlāḵəTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֱמֹרʾĕmōrSay
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
עַםʿamPeople
קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere
עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape
רֶגַעregaʿWink
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
בְקִרְבְּךָvəqirəbəḵāIn nearest
וְכִלִּיתִיךָwəḵilîtîḵāAnd end
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הוֹרֵדhwōrēdDescend
עֶדְיְךָʿedəyəḵāFinery
מֵעָלֶיךָmēʿāleyḵāFrom above
וְאֵדְעָהwəʾēdəʿāhAnd know
מָהmāhWhat?
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
לָּךְlāḵəTo

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