Exodus 6:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?”

Exodus 6:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 6:1217 words

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

הֵןhēnLo!

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

שָׁמְעוּšāməʿûHear

אֵלַיʾēlayNear

וְאֵיךְwəʾêḵəAnd how?

יִשְׁמָעֵנִיyišəmāʿēnîHear

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

עֲרַלʿăralExposed

שְׂפָתָיִםśəp̄ātāyimLip

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

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