Numbers 11:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.”
Numbers 11:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 11:1625 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶסְפָהʾesəp̄āhGather
לִּיlîTo
שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy
אִישׁʾîšMan
מִזִּקְנֵיmiziqənêFrom old
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָדַעְתָּyādaʿətāKnow
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הֵםhēmThey
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וְשֹׁטְרָיוwəšōṭərāywAnd scribe
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
אֹתָםʾōtām—
אֶלʾelNear
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
וְהִתְיַצְּבוּwəhitəyaṣəvûAnd place
שָׁםšāmThere
עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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