Numbers 11:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.”

Numbers 11:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 11:1719 words

וְיָרַדְתִּיwəyāradətîAnd descend

וְדִבַּרְתִּיwədibarətîAnd arrange

עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith

שָׁםšāmThere

וְאָצַלְתִּיwəʾāṣalətîAnd join

מִןminPart

הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove

וְשַׂמְתִּיwəśamətîAnd put

עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove

וְנָשְׂאוּwənāśəʾûAnd lift

אִתְּךָʾitəḵāNearness

בְּמַשָּׂאbəmaśāʾIn burden

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִשָּׂאtiśāʾLift

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

לְבַדֶּךָləvadeḵāTo separation

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

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