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Exodus 4:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.”

Exodus 4:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:2124 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
בְּלֶכְתְּךָbəleḵətəḵāIn walk
לָשׁוּבlāšûvTo turn
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
רְאֵהrəʾēhSee
כָּלkālWhole
הַמֹּפְתִיםhamōp̄ətîmThe miracle
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שַׂמְתִּיśamətîPut
בְיָדֶךָvəyādeḵāIn hand
וַעֲשִׂיתָםwaʿăśîtāmAnd do
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
אֲחַזֵּקʾăḥazēqFasten
אֶתʾet—
לִבּוֹlibwōHeart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְשַׁלַּחyəšalaḥSend
אֶתʾet—
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
בְּלֶכְתְּךָbəleḵətəḵāIn walk
לָשׁוּבlāšûvTo turn
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
רְאֵהrəʾēhSee
כָּלkālWhole
הַמֹּפְתִיםhamōp̄ətîmThe miracle
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שַׂמְתִּיśamətîPut
בְיָדֶךָvəyādeḵāIn hand
וַעֲשִׂיתָםwaʿăśîtāmAnd do
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
אֲחַזֵּקʾăḥazēqFasten
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לִבּוֹlibwōHeart
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְשַׁלַּחyəšalaḥSend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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