Exodus 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.”
Exodus 4:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 4:310 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּhašəlîḵēhûThrow
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּwayašəlîḵēhûAnd throw
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְנָחָשׁlənāḥāšTo snake
וַיָּנָסwayānāsAnd flit
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
מִפָּנָיוmipānāywFrom face
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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