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Hebrew Tanakh — OJB Interlinear

Shemot 4

Word-by-word Hebrew text with Orthodox Jewish Bible renderings
OJB rendering Berean/Literal Hebrew gloss  —  17 of 453 words dictionary-mapped
And Moshe answered and said, But, what if they will not believe me, nor pay heed unto my voice but will say, Hashem hath not appeared unto thee.
And Hashem said unto him, What is that in thine yad? And he said, A matteh (a rod, staff).
And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a nachash; and Moshe fled from before it.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר SDBH said יְהוָה֙ SDBH Hashem/Adonoi אֶל־ to מֹשֶׁ֔ה SDBH Moses שְׁלַח֙ SDBH Stretch out יָֽדְךָ֔ SDBH your hand וֶאֱחֹ֖ז SDBH and grab it בִּזְנָב֑וֹ SDBH by the tail וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח SDBH [who] reached out יָדוֹ֙ SDBH his hand וַיַּ֣חֲזֶק SDBH and caught בּ֔וֹ [the snake] וַיְהִ֥י and it turned back לְמַטֶּ֖ה SDBH into a staff בְּכַפּֽוֹ׃ SDBH in his hand
And Hashem said unto Moshe, Put forth thine yad, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his yad, and caught it, and it became a matteh in his yad;
That they may believe that Hashem Elohei Avotam, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hath appeared unto thee.
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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ SDBH said יְהוָ֨ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi ל֜וֹ to [Moses] ע֗וֹד Furthermore הָֽבֵא־ SDBH Put נָ֤א . . . יָֽדְךָ֙ SDBH your hand בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ SDBH inside your cloak וַיָּבֵ֥א SDBH So he put יָד֖וֹ SDBH his hand בְּחֵיק֑וֹ SDBH inside his cloak וַיּ֣וֹצִאָ֔הּ SDBH and when he took it out וְהִנֵּ֥ה . . . יָד֖וֹ SDBH his hand מְצֹרַ֥עַת SDBH [was] leprous כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃ SDBH white as snow
And Hashem said furthermore unto him, Put now thine yad into thy kheyk. And he put his yad into his kheyk; and when he took it out, hinei, his yad was leprous as snow.
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר SDBH said [the LORD] הָשֵׁ֤ב SDBH back יָֽדְךָ֙ SDBH Put your hand אֶל־ inside חֵיקֶ֔ךָ SDBH your cloak וַיָּ֥שֶׁב SDBH back יָד֖וֹ SDBH So [Moses] put his hand אֶל־ inside חֵיק֑וֹ SDBH his cloak וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙ SDBH and when he took it out מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ SDBH . . . וְהִנֵּה־ . . . שָׁ֖בָה SDBH it was restored כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃ SDBH like the rest of his skin
And He said, Put thine yad into thy kheyk again. And he put his yad into his kheyk again; and plucked it out of his kheyk, and, hinei, it was turned again as his other basar.
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither pay heed to the voice of haOt Harishon, that they will believe the voice of haOt haAcharon.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two otot, neither pay heed unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the mayim of the Nile, and pour it upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim which thou takest out of the Nile shall become dahm upon the yabashah.
And Moshe said unto Hashem, O Adonoi, I am not an ish devarim, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy eved; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow lashon.
And Hashem said unto him, Who hath made man's peh (mouth)? Or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Hashem?
Now therefore go, and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
And he said, O Adonoi, send, now, by the yad of him whom Thou wilt send.
And the Af Hashem was kindled against Moshe, and He said, Is there not Aharon thy ach the Levi? I know that he can speak well. And also, hinei, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his lev.
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth; and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
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וְדִבֶּר־ SDBH will speak ה֥וּא SDBH He לְךָ֖ for you אֶל־ to הָעָ֑ם SDBH the people וְהָ֤יָה will be הוּא֙ SDBH He יִֽהְיֶה־ לְּךָ֣ your לְפֶ֔ה SDBH spokesman וְאַתָּ֖ה SDBH as if you were תִּֽהְיֶה־ and it will be לּ֥וֹ to him לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃ SDBH G-d
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of Elohim.
And thou shalt take this matteh in thine yad, wherewith thou shalt do haOtot.
And Moshe went and returned to Yitro his khoten (father-in-law), and said unto him, Let me go, now, and return unto my achim which are in Mitzrayim, and see whether they be yet alive. And Yitro said to Moshe, Lech l'shalom (go in peace).
And Hashem said unto Moshe in Midyan, Go, shuv (return) into Mitzrayim; for all the anashim are dead which sought thy life.
And Moshe took his isha and his banim, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to Eretz Mitzrayim; and matteh HaElohim in his yad.
And Hashem said unto Moshe, When thou goest to return into Mitzrayim, see that thou do all those mofetim before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine yad: but I will harden his lev, that he shall not let HaAm go.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):
And I say unto thee, Let beni (My son) go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse to let him go, hinei, I will slay thy ben, even thy bechor.
And it came to pass on the derech at the malon, that Hashem met him, and sought to kill him.
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וַתִּקַּ֨ח SDBH took צִפֹּרָ֜ה SDBH But Zipporah צֹ֗ר SDBH a flint knife וַתִּכְרֹת֙ SDBH cut off אֶת־ SDBH - עָרְלַ֣ת SDBH foreskin בְּנָ֔הּ SDBH her son’s וַתַּגַּ֖ע SDBH and touched it לְרַגְלָ֑יו SDBH to [Moses’] feet וַתֹּ֕אמֶר SDBH she said כִּ֧י Surely חֲתַן־ SDBH a bridegroom דָּמִ֛ים SDBH of blood אַתָּ֖ה SDBH you [are] לִֽי׃ to me
Then Tzipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the arlat ben (foreskin of son) of her, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a choson damim (a bridegroom of blood) art thou to me.
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וַיִּ֖רֶף SDBH So [the LORD] let him alone מִמֶּ֑נּוּ . . . אָ֚ז SDBH When אָֽמְרָ֔ה SDBH she said חֲתַ֥ן SDBH bridegroom דָּמִ֖ים SDBH of blood לַמּוּלֹֽת׃פ SDBH she was referring to the circumcision
So He let him go; then she said, A choson damim thou art, because of the circumcision (i.e., [bris] milah).
And Hashem said to Aharon, Go into the midbar to meet Moshe. And he went, and met him in the Har HaElohim, and kissed him.
And Moshe told Aharon kol divrei Hashem who had sent him, and all haOtot He had commanded him.
And Moshe and Aharon went and assembled together kol Ziknei Bnei Yisroel;
And Aharon spoke all hadevarim which Hashem had spoken unto Moshe; and he did haOtot before the eyes of HaAm.
And HaAm believed; and when they heard that Hashem had visited the Bnei Yisroel, and that He had looked upon their oni, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.