Exodus 7:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.”
Exodus 7:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 7:2024 words
וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do
כֵןḵēnSet upright
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיָּרֶםwayāremAnd be high
בַּמַּטֶּהbamaṭehIn branch
וַיַּךְwayaḵəAnd strike
אֶתʾet—
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
וּלְעֵינֵיûləʿênêAnd to eye
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
וַיֵּהָפְכוּwayēhāp̄əḵûAnd turn
כָּלkālWhole
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּיְאֹרbayəʾōrIn channel
לְדָםlədāmTo blood
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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