Exodus 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.”
Exodus 5:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 5:1613 words
תֶּבֶןtevenMaterial
אֵיןʾênNonentity
נִתָּןnitānGive
לַעֲבָדֶיךָlaʿăvādeyḵāTo servant
וּלְבֵנִיםûləvēnîmAnd brick
אֹמְרִיםʾōmərîmSay
לָנוּlānûTo
עֲשׂוּʿăśûDo
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
עֲבָדֶיךָʿăvādeyḵāServant
מֻכִּיםmukîmStrike
וְחָטָאתwəḥāṭāʾtAnd miss
עַמֶּךָʿameḵāPeople
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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