Exodus 34:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.”
Exodus 34:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 34:2016 words
וּפֶטֶרûp̄eṭerAnd fissure
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrAss
תִּפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever
בְשֶׂהvəśehIn sheep
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
תִפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever
וַעֲרַפְתּוֹwaʿărap̄ətwōAnd break the neck
כֹּלkōlWhole
בְּכוֹרbəḵwōrFirst-born
בָּנֶיךָbāneyḵāSon
תִּפְדֶּהtip̄ədehSever
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יֵרָאוּyērāʾûSee
פָנַיp̄ānayFace
רֵיקָםrêqāmEmptily
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