Exodus 7:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.”

Exodus 7:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 7:1720 words

כֹּהkōhLike this

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּזֹאתbəzōʾtIn this

תֵּדַעtēdaʿKnow

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מַכֶּהmakehStrike

בַּמַּטֶּהbamaṭehIn branch

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand

עַלʿalAbove

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel

וְנֶהֶפְכוּwənehep̄əḵûAnd turn

לְדָםlədāmTo blood

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

Word-by-word meanings

כֹּהkōhLike this

אָמַרʾāmarSay

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּזֹאתbəzōʾtIn this

תֵּדַעtēdaʿKnow

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

מַכֶּהmakehStrike

בַּמַּטֶּהbamaṭehIn branch

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand

עַלʿalAbove

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel

וְנֶהֶפְכוּwənehep̄əḵûAnd turn

לְדָםlədāmTo blood

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