Exodus 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.”
Exodus 4:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 4:925 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
אִםʾimLo!
לֹאlōʾNot
יַאֲמִינוּyaʾămînûBuild up
גַּםgamAssemblage
לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two
הָאֹתוֹתhāʾōtwōtThe signal
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמְעוּןyišəməʿûnHear
לְקֹלֶךָləqōleḵāTo voice
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מִמֵּימֵיmimêmêFrom waters
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וְשָׁפַכְתָּwəšāp̄aḵətāAnd spill forth
הַיַּבָּשָׁהhayabāšāhThe dry ground
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּקַּחtiqaḥTake
מִןminPart
הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
לְדָםlədāmTo blood
בַּיַּבָּשֶׁתbayabāšetIn dry ground
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