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Exodus 8:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.


Exodus 8:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 8:123 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֱמֹרʾĕmōrSay
אֶלʾelNear
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch
אֶתʾet
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
בְּמַטֶּךָbəmaṭeḵāIn branch
עַלʿalAbove
הַנְּהָרֹתhanəhārōtThe stream
עַלʿalAbove
הַיְאֹרִיםhayəʾōrîmThe channel
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
הָאֲגַמִּיםhāʾăgamîmThe marsh
וְהַעַלwəhaʿalAnd ascend
אֶתʾet
הַצְפַרְדְּעִיםhaṣəp̄arədəʿîmThe marsh-leaper
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֱמֹרʾĕmōrSay
אֶלʾelNear
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
נְטֵהnəṭēhStretch
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
בְּמַטֶּךָbəmaṭeḵāIn branch
עַלʿalAbove
הַנְּהָרֹתhanəhārōtThe stream
עַלʿalAbove
הַיְאֹרִיםhayəʾōrîmThe channel
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
הָאֲגַמִּיםhāʾăgamîmThe marsh
וְהַעַלwəhaʿalAnd ascend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַצְפַרְדְּעִיםhaṣəp̄arədəʿîmThe marsh-leaper
עַלʿalAbove
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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