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Exodus 6:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.


Exodus 6:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 6:314 words
וָאֵרָאwāʾērāʾAnd see
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בְּאֵלbəʾēlIn strength
שַׁדָּיšadāyAlmighty
וּשְׁמִיûšəmîAnd appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֹאlōʾNot
נוֹדַעְתִּיnwōdaʿətîKnow
לָהֶםlāhemTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֵרָאwāʾērāʾAnd see
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בְּאֵלbəʾēlIn strength
שַׁדָּיšadāyAlmighty
וּשְׁמִיûšəmîAnd appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֹאlōʾNot
נוֹדַעְתִּיnwōdaʿətîKnow
לָהֶםlāhemTo

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