Exodus 8:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 8:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 8:1724 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
אֵינְךָʾênəḵāNonentity
מְשַׁלֵּחַməšalēḥaSend
אֶתʾet—
עַמִּיʿamîPeople
הִנְנִיhinənîLo!
מַשְׁלִיחַmašəlîḥaSend
בְּךָbəḵāIn
וּבַעֲבָדֶיךָûvaʿăvādeyḵāAnd in servant
וּבְעַמְּךָûvəʿaməḵāAnd in people
וּבְבָתֶּיךָûvəvāteyḵāAnd in a house
אֶתʾet—
הֶעָרֹבheʿārōvThe mosquito
וּמָלְאוּûmāləʾûAnd fill
בָּתֵּיbātêA house
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
אֶתʾet—
הֶעָרֹבheʿārōvThe mosquito
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֵםhēmThey
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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