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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 4:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:2515 words
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah
צֹרṣōrStone
וַתִּכְרֹתwatiḵərōtAnd cut
אֶתʾet
עָרְלַתʿārəlatPrepuce
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
וַתַּגַּעwatagaʿAnd touch
לְרַגְלָיוləragəlāywTo foot
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
כִּיRelative conjunction
חֲתַןḥătanRelative by marriage
דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לִיTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
צִפֹּרָהṣipōrāhTsipporah
צֹרṣōrStone
וַתִּכְרֹתwatiḵərōtAnd cut
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עָרְלַתʿārəlatPrepuce
בְּנָהּbənāhSon
וַתַּגַּעwatagaʿAnd touch
לְרַגְלָיוləragəlāywTo foot
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
כִּיRelative conjunction
חֲתַןḥătanRelative by marriage
דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לִיTo

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