Numbers 11:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?”
Numbers 11:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 11:1224 words
הֶאָנֹכִיheʾānōḵîThe I
הָרִיתִיhārîtîBe
אֵתʾēt—
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אִםʾimLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יְלִדְתִּיהוּyəlidətîhûBear young
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תֹאמַרtōʾmarSay
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
שָׂאֵהוּśāʾēhûLift
בְחֵיקֶךָvəḥêqeḵāIn bosom
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift
הָאֹמֵןhāʾōmēnThe build up
אֶתʾet—
הַיֹּנֵקhayōnēqThe suck
עַלʿalAbove
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעְתָּnišəbaʿətāSeven
לַאֲבֹתָיוlaʾăvōtāywTo father
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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