Exodus 7:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.”

Exodus 7:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 7:2413 words

וַיַּחְפְּרוּwayaḥəpərûAnd pry into

כָלḵālWhole

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

סְבִיבֹתsəvîvōtCircle

הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel

מַיִםmayimWaters

לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

לִשְׁתֹּתlišətōtTo imbibe

מִמֵּימֵיmimêmêFrom waters

הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel

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

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וַיַּחְפְּרוּwayaḥəpərûAnd pry into

כָלḵālWhole

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite

סְבִיבֹתsəvîvōtCircle

הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel

מַיִםmayimWaters

לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לֹאlōʾNot

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

לִשְׁתֹּתlišətōtTo imbibe

מִמֵּימֵיmimêmêFrom waters

הַיְאֹרhayəʾōrThe channel

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