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Numbers 11:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.


Numbers 11:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 11:2118 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
רַגְלִיragəlîFootman
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
בְּקִרְבּוֹbəqirəbwōIn nearest
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
אָמַרְתָּʾāmarətāSay
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat
חֹדֶשׁḥōdešNew
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
אֶלֶףʾelep̄Thousand
רַגְלִיragəlîFootman
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
בְּקִרְבּוֹbəqirəbwōIn nearest
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
אָמַרְתָּʾāmarətāSay
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat
חֹדֶשׁḥōdešNew
יָמִיםyāmîmDay

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