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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 4:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:310 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּhašəlîḵēhûThrow
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּwayašəlîḵēhûAnd throw
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְנָחָשׁlənāḥāšTo snake
וַיָּנָסwayānāsAnd flit
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
מִפָּנָיוmipānāywFrom face
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּhašəlîḵēhûThrow
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּwayašəlîḵēhûAnd throw
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
לְנָחָשׁlənāḥāšTo snake
וַיָּנָסwayānāsAnd flit
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
מִפָּנָיוmipānāywFrom face

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