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Exodus 4:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.


Exodus 4:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 4:714 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הָשֵׁבhāšēvTurn
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
אֶלʾelNear
חֵיקֶךָḥêqeḵāBosom
וַיָּשֶׁבwayāševAnd turn
יָדוֹyādwōHand
אֶלʾelNear
חֵיקוֹḥêqwōBosom
וַיּוֹצִאָהּwaywōṣiʾāhAnd go
מֵחֵיקוֹmēḥêqwōFrom bosom
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שָׁבָהšāvāhTurn
כִּבְשָׂרוֹkivəśārwōLike flesh
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הָשֵׁבhāšēvTurn
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
אֶלʾelNear
חֵיקֶךָḥêqeḵāBosom
וַיָּשֶׁבwayāševAnd turn
יָדוֹyādwōHand
אֶלʾelNear
חֵיקוֹḥêqwōBosom
וַיּוֹצִאָהּwaywōṣiʾāhAnd go
מֵחֵיקוֹmēḥêqwōFrom bosom
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שָׁבָהšāvāhTurn
כִּבְשָׂרוֹkivəśārwōLike flesh

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