Exodus 5:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.”
Exodus 5:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 5:1711 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
נִרְפִּיםnirəpîmSlacken
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
נִרְפִּיםnirəpîmSlacken
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
אֹמְרִיםʾōmərîmSay
נֵלְכָהnēləḵāhWalk
נִזְבְּחָהnizəbəḥāhSlaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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