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Exodus 5:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?


Exodus 5:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:1512 words
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
שֹׁטְרֵיšōṭərêScribe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיִּצְעֲקוּwayiṣəʿăqûAnd shriek
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כֹהḵōhLike this
לַעֲבָדֶיךָlaʿăvādeyḵāTo servant
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
שֹׁטְרֵיšōṭərêScribe
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיִּצְעֲקוּwayiṣəʿăqûAnd shriek
אֶלʾelNear
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
תַעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כֹהḵōhLike this
לַעֲבָדֶיךָlaʿăvādeyḵāTo servant

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