Exodus 8:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.”
Exodus 8:24 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 8:2416 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֲשַׁלַּחʾăšalaḥSend
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—
וּזְבַחְתֶּםûzəvaḥətemAnd slaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
רַקraqLeanness
הַרְחֵקharəḥēqWiden
לֹאlōʾNot
תַרְחִיקוּtarəḥîqûWiden
לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk
הַעְתִּירוּhaʿətîrûBurn incense
בַּעֲדִיbaʿădîIn up to
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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