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Exodus 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.


Exodus 4:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:1614 words
וְדִבֶּרwədiberAnd arrange
הוּאhûʾHe
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶלʾelNear
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הוּאhûʾHe
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְּךָləḵāTo
לְפֶהləp̄ehTo mouth
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לּוֹlwōTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְדִבֶּרwədiberAnd arrange
הוּאhûʾHe
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶלʾelNear
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הוּאhûʾHe
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לְּךָləḵāTo
לְפֶהləp̄ehTo mouth
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לּוֹlwōTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God

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