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Exodus 4:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.


Exodus 4:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:3115 words
וַיַּאֲמֵןwayaʾămēnAnd build up
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear
כִּיRelative conjunction
פָקַדp̄āqadVisit
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾet
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
אֶתʾet
עָנְיָםʿānəyāmDepression
וַיִּקְּדוּwayiqədûAnd shrivel up
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּwayišətaḥăûûAnd depress
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּאֲמֵןwayaʾămēnAnd build up
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear
כִּיRelative conjunction
פָקַדp̄āqadVisit
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
רָאָהrāʾāhSee
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עָנְיָםʿānəyāmDepression
וַיִּקְּדוּwayiqədûAnd shrivel up
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּwayišətaḥăûûAnd depress

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