Exodus 30:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.”

Exodus 30:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 30:1220 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תִשָּׂאtiśāʾLift

אֶתʾet—

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לִפְקֻדֵיהֶםlip̄əqudêhemTo visit

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

אִישׁʾîšMan

כֹּפֶרkōp̄erCover

נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōSoul

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

בִּפְקֹדbip̄əqōdIn visit

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

בָהֶםvāhemIn

נֶגֶףnegep̄Trip

בִּפְקֹדbip̄əqōdIn visit

אֹתָםʾōtām—

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תִשָּׂאtiśāʾLift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֹאשׁrōʾšHead

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לִפְקֻדֵיהֶםlip̄əqudêhemTo visit

וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give

אִישׁʾîšMan

כֹּפֶרkōp̄erCover

נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōSoul

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

בִּפְקֹדbip̄əqōdIn visit

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

בָהֶםvāhemIn

נֶגֶףnegep̄Trip

בִּפְקֹדbip̄əqōdIn visit

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

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