Revised Literal Translation

Exodus 6:2-5

2And Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696unto Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872,and saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, I amYhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068:

3And I appearedוָאֵרָ֗אva.'e.Ra'H7200unto Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֛ם'av.ra.HamH85,unto Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327,and unto Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290, by the name ofGodבְּאֵ֣לbe.'ElH410Almightyשַׁדָּ֑יsha.DaiH7706,but by my nameוּשְׁמִ֣יu.she.MiH8034Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068was I not knownנוֹדַ֖עְתִּיno.Da'.tiH3045to them.

4And I have also establishedהֲקִמֹ֤תִיha.ki.Mo.tiH6965my covenantבְּרִיתִי֙be.ri.TiH1285with them, to giveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414them the landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667,the landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of their pilgrimageמְגֻרֵיהֶ֖םme.gu.rei.HemH4033,wherein they were strangersגָּ֥רוּGa.ruH1481.

5And I have also heardשָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085the groaningנַאֲקַת֙na.'a.KatH5009of the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714keep in bondageמַעֲבִדִ֣יםma.'a.vi.DimH5647;and I have rememberedוָאֶזְכֹּ֖רva.'ez.KorH2142my covenantבְּרִיתִֽי׃be.ri.TiH1285.

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