Exodus 4:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.”
Exodus 4:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 4:1823 words
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn
אֶלʾelNear
יֶתֶרyeterJether
חֹתְנוֹḥōtənwōGive
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לוֹlwōTo
אֵלֲכָהʾēlăḵāhWalk
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
וְאָשׁוּבָהwəʾāšûvāhAnd turn
אֶלʾelNear
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּמִצְרַיִםbəmiṣərayimIn Mitsrajim
וְאֶרְאֶהwəʾerəʾehAnd see
הַעוֹדָםhaʿwōdāmIteration
חַיִּיםḥayîmLiving
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִתְרוֹyitərwōJethro
לְמֹשֶׁהləmōšehTo Moses
לֵךְlēḵəWalk
לְשָׁלוֹםləšālwōmTo safe
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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