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Exodus 5:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?


Exodus 5:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:1421 words
וַיֻּכּוּwayukûAnd strike
שֹׁטְרֵיšōṭərêScribe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׂמוּśāmûPut
עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove
נֹגְשֵׂיnōgəśêDrive
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
מַדּוּעַmadûʿaWhat
לֹאlōʾNot
כִלִּיתֶםḵilîtemEnd
חָקְכֶםḥāqəḵemEnactment
לִלְבֹּןliləbōnTo be
כִּתְמוֹלkitəmwōlLike ago
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
גַּםgamAssemblage
תְּמוֹלtəmwōlAgo
גַּםgamAssemblage
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֻּכּוּwayukûAnd strike
שֹׁטְרֵיšōṭərêScribe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׂמוּśāmûPut
עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove
נֹגְשֵׂיnōgəśêDrive
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
מַדּוּעַmadûʿaWhat
לֹאlōʾNot
כִלִּיתֶםḵilîtemEnd
חָקְכֶםḥāqəḵemEnactment
לִלְבֹּןliləbōnTo be
כִּתְמוֹלkitəmwōlLike ago
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
גַּםgamAssemblage
תְּמוֹלtəmwōlAgo
גַּםgamAssemblage
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

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