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Exodus 8:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.


Exodus 8:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 8:2526 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יוֹצֵאywōṣēʾGo
מֵעִמָּךְmēʿimāḵəFrom with
וְהַעְתַּרְתִּיwəhaʿətarətîAnd burn incense
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְסָרwəsārAnd turn
הֶעָרֹבheʿārōvThe mosquito
מִפַּרְעֹהmiparəʿōhFrom Paroh
מֵעֲבָדָיוmēʿăvādāywFrom servant
וּמֵעַמּוֹûmēʿamwōAnd from people
מָחָרmāḥārDeferred
רַקraqLeanness
אַלʾalNot
יֹסֵףyōsēp̄Add
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הָתֵלhātēlDeride
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
שַׁלַּחšalaḥSend
אֶתʾet
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לִזְבֹּחַlizəbōḥaTo slaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יוֹצֵאywōṣēʾGo
מֵעִמָּךְmēʿimāḵəFrom with
וְהַעְתַּרְתִּיwəhaʿətarətîAnd burn incense
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְסָרwəsārAnd turn
הֶעָרֹבheʿārōvThe mosquito
מִפַּרְעֹהmiparəʿōhFrom Paroh
מֵעֲבָדָיוmēʿăvādāywFrom servant
וּמֵעַמּוֹûmēʿamwōAnd from people
מָחָרmāḥārDeferred
רַקraqLeanness
אַלʾalNot
יֹסֵףyōsēp̄Add
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
הָתֵלhātēlDeride
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
שַׁלַּחšalaḥSend
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לִזְבֹּחַlizəbōḥaTo slaughter
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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