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Reading the Hebrew Bible

Timothy Keiderling

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Exodus 1:7

Greetings, friends!

After a long while, we'll continue with our reading of Exodus. Here is verse 7.

וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פָּר֧וּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ אֹתָֽם׃

Here is a transla...

3 years ago
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Exodus 1:6

Here is our verse:

וַיָּ֤מָת יוֹסֵף֙ וְכָל־אֶחָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל הַדּ֥וֹר הַהֽוּא​

Here is a translation:

And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

The first verb is in the very common "vav-consecutive" form - it's of...

4 years ago

Exodus 1:5

Here's our verse:

וַֽיְהִ֗י כָּל־נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הָיָ֥ה בְמִצְרָֽיִם׃

And here's a (more literal) translation:

And it was that all the souls that came forth from Jacob's thighs were seve...

4 years ago
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Exodus 1:2-4

Exodus 1:2-4

Here's Exodus 1:2-4. We're conquering three verses today because they're all names! There's no grammar to learn! So it should be pretty easy.

‏ רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה׃ יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר זְבוּלֻ֖ן וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃ ‏...

4 years ago

Exodus 1:1

Here's the Hebrew text of Exodus 1:1

וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ׃

Next, here's a translation:

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt w...

4 years ago

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    Student (dissertating) at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Living in upstate New York. Alum of Princeton Seminary and Nyack College.

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