Exodus 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.”

Exodus 4:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:116 words

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

וְהֵןwəhēnAnd lo!

לֹאlōʾNot

יַאֲמִינוּyaʾămînûBuild up

לִיlîTo

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשְׁמְעוּyišəməʿûHear

בְּקֹלִיbəqōlîIn voice

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay

לֹאlōʾNot

נִרְאָהnirəʾāhSee

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

וְהֵןwəhēnAnd lo!

לֹאlōʾNot

יַאֲמִינוּyaʾămînûBuild up

לִיlîTo

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשְׁמְעוּyišəməʿûHear

בְּקֹלִיbəqōlîIn voice

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֹאמְרוּyōʾmərûSay

לֹאlōʾNot

נִרְאָהnirəʾāhSee

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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