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Numbers 11:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.


Numbers 11:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 11:2522 words
וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בֶּעָנָןbeʿānānIn cloud
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וַיָּאצֶלwayāʾṣelAnd join
מִןminPart
הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy
אִישׁʾîšMan
הַזְּקֵנִיםhazəqēnîmThe old
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּנוֹחַkənwōḥaLike rest
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind
וַיִּתְנַבְּאוּwayitənabəʾûAnd prophesy
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָסָפוּyāsāp̄ûAdd
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בֶּעָנָןbeʿānānIn cloud
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וַיָּאצֶלwayāʾṣelAnd join
מִןminPart
הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy
אִישׁʾîšMan
הַזְּקֵנִיםhazəqēnîmThe old
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּנוֹחַkənwōḥaLike rest
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind
וַיִּתְנַבְּאוּwayitənabəʾûAnd prophesy
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָסָפוּyāsāp̄ûAdd

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