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Exodus 5:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.


Exodus 5:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 5:714 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאסִפוּןtōʾsip̄ûnAdd
לָתֵתlātētTo give
תֶּבֶןtevenMaterial
לָעָםlāʿāmTo people
לִלְבֹּןliləbōnTo be
הַלְּבֵנִיםhaləvēnîmThe brick
כִּתְמוֹלkitəmwōlLike ago
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
הֵםhēmThey
יֵלְכוּyēləḵûWalk
וְקֹשְׁשׁוּwəqōšəšûAnd forage for straw
לָהֶםlāhemTo
תֶּבֶןtevenMaterial
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאסִפוּןtōʾsip̄ûnAdd
לָתֵתlātētTo give
תֶּבֶןtevenMaterial
לָעָםlāʿāmTo people
לִלְבֹּןliləbōnTo be
הַלְּבֵנִיםhaləvēnîmThe brick
כִּתְמוֹלkitəmwōlLike ago
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
הֵםhēmThey
יֵלְכוּyēləḵûWalk
וְקֹשְׁשׁוּwəqōšəšûAnd forage for straw
לָהֶםlāhemTo
תֶּבֶןtevenMaterial

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