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Exodus 4:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.


Exodus 4:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:616 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לוֹlwōTo
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
הָבֵאhāvēʾGo
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
בְּחֵיקֶךָbəḥêqeḵāIn bosom
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
יָדוֹyādwōHand
בְּחֵיקוֹbəḥêqwōIn bosom
וַיּוֹצִאָהּwaywōṣiʾāhAnd go
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יָדוֹyādwōHand
מְצֹרַעַתməṣōraʿatScourge
כַּשָּׁלֶגkašālegLike snow
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לוֹlwōTo
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
הָבֵאhāvēʾGo
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
בְּחֵיקֶךָbəḥêqeḵāIn bosom
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
יָדוֹyādwōHand
בְּחֵיקוֹbəḥêqwōIn bosom
וַיּוֹצִאָהּwaywōṣiʾāhAnd go
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יָדוֹyādwōHand
מְצֹרַעַתməṣōraʿatScourge
כַּשָּׁלֶגkašālegLike snow

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