Numbers 20:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:”
Numbers 20:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 20:1511 words
וַיֵּרְדוּwayērədûAnd descend
אֲבֹתֵינוּʾăvōtênûFather
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
וַנֵּשֶׁבwanēševAnd sit
בְּמִצְרַיִםbəmiṣərayimIn Mitsrajim
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
רַבִּיםrabîmAbundant
וַיָּרֵעוּwayārēʿûAnd spoil
לָנוּlānûTo
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
וְלַאֲבֹתֵינוּwəlaʾăvōtênûAnd to father
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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