Exodus 5:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.”

Exodus 5:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:2118 words

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

יֵרֶאyēreʾSee

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עֲלֵיכֶםʿălêḵemAbove

וְיִשְׁפֹּטwəyišəpōṭAnd judge

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִבְאַשְׁתֶּםhivəʾašətemSmell

אֶתʾet—

רֵיחֵנוּrêḥēnûOdor

בְּעֵינֵיbəʿênêIn eye

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

וּבְעֵינֵיûvəʿênêAnd in eye

עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant

לָתֶתlātetTo give

חֶרֶבḥerevDrought

בְּיָדָםbəyādāmIn hand

לְהָרְגֵנוּləhārəgēnûTo smite

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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