Exodus 17:5
And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֜ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mo.Sheh | Moses | H4872 → |
| עֲבֹר֙ | 'a.Vor | pass on | H5674 → |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| הָעָ֔ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| וְקַ֥ח | ve.Kach | and take | H3947 → |
| אִתְּךָ֖ | 'i.te.Kha | with you | H854 → |
| מִזִּקְנֵ֣י | mi.zik.Nei | some of [the] elders of | H2205 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וּמַטְּךָ֗ | u.ma.te.Kha | and staff your | H4294 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| הִכִּ֤יתָ | hi.Ki.ta | you struck | H5221 → |
| בּוֹ֙ | bo | with <the> it | |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַיְאֹ֔ר | hay.'Or | the River | H2975 → |
| קַ֥ח | kach | take | H3947 → |
| בְּיָדְךָ֖ | be.ya.de.Kha | in hand your | H3027 → |
| וְהָלָֽכְתָּ׃ | ve.ha.La.khe.ta | and you will go | H1980 → |
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