Exodus 8:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?”

Exodus 8:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 8:267 words

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מֵעִםmēʿimFrom with

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וַיֶּעְתַּרwayeʿətarAnd burn incense

אֶלʾelNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מֵעִםmēʿimFrom with

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וַיֶּעְתַּרwayeʿətarAnd burn incense

אֶלʾelNear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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