Exodus 7:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.”

Exodus 7:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 7:1210 words

וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּwayašəlîḵûAnd throw

אִישׁʾîšMan

מַטֵּהוּmaṭēhûBranch

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

לְתַנִּינִםlətanînimTo monster

וַיִּבְלַעwayivəlaʿAnd make away with

מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾet—

מַטֹּתָםmaṭōtāmBranch

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּwayašəlîḵûAnd throw

אִישׁʾîšMan

מַטֵּהוּmaṭēhûBranch

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

לְתַנִּינִםlətanînimTo monster

וַיִּבְלַעwayivəlaʿAnd make away with

מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַטֹּתָםmaṭōtāmBranch

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