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Exodus 5:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.


Exodus 5:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:1913 words
וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see
שֹׁטְרֵיšōṭərêScribe
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֹתָםʾōtām
בְּרָעbərāʿIn bad
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
תִגְרְעוּtigərəʿûScrape
מִלִּבְנֵיכֶםmilivənêḵemFrom brick
דְּבַרdəvarWord
יוֹםywōmDay
בְּיוֹמוֹbəywōmwōIn day
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see
שֹׁטְרֵיšōṭərêScribe
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּרָעbərāʿIn bad
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
תִגְרְעוּtigərəʿûScrape
מִלִּבְנֵיכֶםmilivənêḵemFrom brick
דְּבַרdəvarWord
יוֹםywōmDay
בְּיוֹמוֹbəywōmwōIn day

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