Exodus 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
Exodus 5:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 5:319 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
הָעִבְרִיםhāʿivərîmThe Eberite
נִקְרָאniqərāʾEncounter
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
נֵלֲכָהnēlăḵāhWalk
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
וְנִזְבְּחָהwənizəbəḥāhAnd slaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֵינוּʾĕlōhênûGod
פֶּןpenRemoval
יִפְגָּעֵנוּyip̄əgāʿēnûImpinge
בַּדֶּבֶרbadeverIn pestilence
אוֹʾwōDesire
בֶחָרֶבveḥārevIn drought
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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