Exodus 8:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 8:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 8:1620 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
הַשְׁכֵּםhašəkēmLoad up
בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn
וְהִתְיַצֵּבwəhitəyaṣēvAnd place
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
יוֹצֵאywōṣēʾGo
הַמָּיְמָהhamāyəmāhThe waters
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
כֹּהkōhLike this
אָמַרʾāmarSay
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
שַׁלַּחšalaḥSend
עַמִּיʿamîPeople
וְיַעַבְדֻנִיwəyaʿavədunîAnd work
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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