Hebrew Interlinear
Exodus 2:16 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Exodus 2:16, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water flock their father's”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן | H3548 | Now the priest | literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) |
| 2 | מִדְיָ֖ן | H4080 | of Midian | midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants |
| 3 | שֶׁ֣בַע | H7651 | had seven | seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number |
| 4 | בָּנ֑וֹת | H1323 | daughters | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 5 | וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה | H935 | and they came | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 6 | וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה | H1802 | and drew | properly, to dangle, i.e., to let down a bucket (for drawing out water); figuratively, to deliver |
| 7 | וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙ | H4390 | water and filled | to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) |
| 8 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 9 | הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים | H7298 | the troughs | a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines) |
| 10 | לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת | H8248 | to water | to quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to |
| 11 | צֹ֥אן | H6629 | flock | a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
| 12 | אֲבִיהֶֽן׃ | H1 | their father's | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
Geographic Context
Verse Context
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Exodus 2:16 (current)Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water flock their father's
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