Exodus 4:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.”

Exodus 4:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:2018 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

וַיַּרְכִּבֵםwayarəkivēmAnd ride

עַלʿalAbove

הַחֲמֹרhaḥămōrThe ass

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

וַיַּרְכִּבֵםwayarəkivēmAnd ride

עַלʿalAbove

הַחֲמֹרhaḥămōrThe ass

וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

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