Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 12:4 Interlinear

too little And if the household be for the lamb take let him and his neighbour next And if the household it according to the number of the souls every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2יִמְעַ֣טH4591too littleproperly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
3בֵּית֖וֹH1004And if the householda house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
4מִֽהְי֣וֹתH1961beto exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5הַשֶּֽׂה׃H7716for the lamba member of a flock, i.e., a sheep or goat
6וְלָקַ֣חH3947taketo take (in the widest variety of applications)
7ה֗וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
8וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹH7934let him and his neighboura resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
9הַקָּרֹ֥בH7138nextnear (in place, kindred or time)
10אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
11בֵּית֖וֹH1004And if the householda house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
12בְּמִכְסַ֣תH4373it according to the numberan enumeration; by implication, a valuation
13נְפָשֹׁ֑תH5315of the soulsproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
14אִ֚ישׁH376every mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
15לְפִ֣יH6310accordingthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
16אָכְל֔וֹH400to his eatingfood
17תָּכֹ֖סּוּH3699shall make your countto estimate
18עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
19הַשֶּֽׂה׃H7716for the lamba member of a flock, i.e., a sheep or goat

Verse Context

Exodus 12:3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel saying...
Exodus 12:4 (current) too little And if the household be for the lamb take let him and his neighbour next And if the household it according to the number of the souls every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb
Exodus 12:5Your lamb shall be without blemish a male of the first year ...

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