Exodus 6:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.”

Exodus 6:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 6:2320 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾet—

אֱלִישֶׁבַעʾĕlîševaʿElisheba

בַּתbatDaughter

עַמִּינָדָבʿamînādāvAmminadab

אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister

נַחְשׁוֹןnaḥəšwōnNachshon

לוֹlwōTo

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾet—

נָדָבnādāvNadab

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אֲבִיהוּאʾăvîhûʾAbihu

אֶתʾet—

אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אִיתָמָרʾîtāmārIthamar

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֱלִישֶׁבַעʾĕlîševaʿElisheba

בַּתbatDaughter

עַמִּינָדָבʿamînādāvAmminadab

אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister

נַחְשׁוֹןnaḥəšwōnNachshon

לוֹlwōTo

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young

לוֹlwōTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נָדָבnādāvNadab

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲבִיהוּאʾăvîhûʾAbihu

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִיתָמָרʾîtāmārIthamar

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