Exodus 6:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.”

Exodus 6:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 6:2020 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

עַמְרָםʿamərāmAmram

אֶתʾet—

יוֹכֶבֶדywōḵevedJokebed

דֹּדָתוֹdōdātwōAunt

לוֹlwōTo

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾet—

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd year

חַיֵּיḥayêLiving

עַמְרָםʿamərāmAmram

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty

וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

עַמְרָםʿamərāmAmram

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹכֶבֶדywōḵevedJokebed

דֹּדָתוֹdōdātwōAunt

לוֹlwōTo

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd year

חַיֵּיḥayêLiving

עַמְרָםʿamərāmAmram

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty

וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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