Exodus 34:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”

Exodus 34:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 34:920 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אִםʾimLo!

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome

חֵןḥēnGraciousness

בְּעֵינֶיךָbəʿêneyḵāIn eye

אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord

יֵלֶךְyēleḵəWalk

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord

בְּקִרְבֵּנוּbəqirəbēnûIn nearest

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

עַםʿamPeople

קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere

עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape

הוּאhûʾHe

וְסָלַחְתָּwəsālaḥətāAnd forgive

לַעֲוֺנֵנוּlaʿăwōnēnûTo perversity

וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּûləḥaṭāʾtēnûAnd to offence

וּנְחַלְתָּנוּûnəḥalətānûAnd inherit

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אִםʾimLo!

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome

חֵןḥēnGraciousness

בְּעֵינֶיךָbəʿêneyḵāIn eye

אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord

יֵלֶךְyēleḵəWalk

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord

בְּקִרְבֵּנוּbəqirəbēnûIn nearest

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

עַםʿamPeople

קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere

עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape

הוּאhûʾHe

וְסָלַחְתָּwəsālaḥətāAnd forgive

לַעֲוֺנֵנוּlaʿăwōnēnûTo perversity

וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּûləḥaṭāʾtēnûAnd to offence

וּנְחַלְתָּנוּûnəḥalətānûAnd inherit

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