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Exodus 4:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?


Exodus 4:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:1120 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
מִיWho?
שָׂםśāmPut
פֶּהpehMouth
לָאָדָםlāʾādāmTo man
אוֹʾwōDesire
מִיWho?
יָשׂוּםyāśûmPut
אִלֵּםʾilēmSpeechless
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֵרֵשׁḥērēšDeaf
אוֹʾwōDesire
פִקֵּחַp̄iqēḥaClear-sighted
אוֹʾwōDesire
עִוֵּרʿiûrBlind
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
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
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
מִיWho?
שָׂםśāmPut
פֶּהpehMouth
לָאָדָםlāʾādāmTo man
אוֹʾwōDesire
מִיWho?
יָשׂוּםyāśûmPut
אִלֵּםʾilēmSpeechless
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֵרֵשׁḥērēšDeaf
אוֹʾwōDesire
פִקֵּחַp̄iqēḥaClear-sighted
אוֹʾwōDesire
עִוֵּרʿiûrBlind
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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