Exodus 4:25 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.”
Exodus 4:25 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 4:2515 words
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah
צֹרṣōrStone
וַתִּכְרֹתwatiḵərōtAnd cut
אֶתʾet—
עָרְלַתʿārəlatPrepuce
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
וַתַּגַּעwatagaʿAnd touch
לְרַגְלָיוləragəlāywTo foot
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
חֲתַןḥătanRelative by marriage
דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לִיlîTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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