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Exodus 4:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.


Exodus 4:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:247 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַדֶּרֶךְvadereḵəIn road
בַּמָּלוֹןbamālwōnIn lodgment
וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּwayip̄əgəšēhûAnd come in contact with
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיְבַקֵּשׁwayəvaqēšAnd search
הֲמִיתוֹhămîtwōDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַדֶּרֶךְvadereḵəIn road
בַּמָּלוֹןbamālwōnIn lodgment
וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּwayip̄əgəšēhûAnd come in contact with
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיְבַקֵּשׁwayəvaqēšAnd search
הֲמִיתוֹhămîtwōDie

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