Leviticus 24:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Leviticus 24:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 24:2322 words

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיּוֹצִיאוּwaywōṣîʾûAnd go

אֶתʾet—

הַמְקַלֵּלhaməqalēlThe be

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לַמַּחֲנֶהlamaḥănehTo encampment

וַיִּרְגְּמוּwayirəgəmûAnd cast together

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אָבֶןʾāvenStone

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיּוֹצִיאוּwaywōṣîʾûAnd go

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמְקַלֵּלhaməqalēlThe be

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לַמַּחֲנֶהlamaḥănehTo encampment

וַיִּרְגְּמוּwayirəgəmûAnd cast together

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבֶןʾāvenStone

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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