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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 8:24Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
אֲשַׁלַּחʾăšalaḥSend
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)
וּזְבַחְתֶּםûzəvaḥətemAnd slaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
רַקraqLeanness
הַרְחֵקharəḥēqWiden
לֹאlōʾNot
תַרְחִיקוּtarəḥîqûWiden
לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk
הַעְתִּירוּhaʿətîrûBurn incense
בַּעֲדִיbaʿădîIn up to

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