Exodus 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.”
Exodus 5:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 5:824 words
וְאֶתwəʾet—
מַתְכֹּנֶתmatəkōnetProportion
הַלְּבֵנִיםhaləvēnîmThe brick
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֵםhēmThey
עֹשִׂיםʿōśîmDo
תְּמוֹלtəmwōlAgo
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
תָּשִׂימוּtāśîmûPut
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
לֹאlōʾNot
תִגְרְעוּtigərəʿûScrape
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
נִרְפִּיםnirəpîmSlacken
הֵםhēmThey
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
הֵםhēmThey
צֹעֲקִיםṣōʿăqîmShriek
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
נֵלְכָהnēləḵāhWalk
נִזְבְּחָהnizəbəḥāhSlaughter
לֵאלֹהֵינוּlēʾlōhênûTo God
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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