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Numbers 11:26 — King James Version← Study notes

But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.


Numbers 11:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 11:2620 words
וַיִּשָּׁאֲרוּwayišāʾărûAnd swell
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
בַּמַּחֲנֶהbamaḥănehIn encampment
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united
אֶלְדָּדʾelədādEldad
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
מֵידָדmêdādMedad
וַתָּנַחwatānaḥAnd rest
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind
וְהֵמָּהwəhēmāhAnd they
בַּכְּתֻבִיםbakətuvîmIn grave
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָצְאוּyāṣəʾûGo
הָאֹהֱלָהhāʾōhĕlāhThe tent
וַיִּתְנַבְּאוּwayitənabəʾûAnd prophesy
בַּמַּחֲנֶהbamaḥănehIn encampment
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׁאֲרוּwayišāʾărûAnd swell
שְׁנֵיšənêTwo
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
בַּמַּחֲנֶהbamaḥănehIn encampment
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united
אֶלְדָּדʾelədādEldad
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
הַשֵּׁנִיhašēnîThe double
מֵידָדmêdādMedad
וַתָּנַחwatānaḥAnd rest
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הָרוּחַhārûḥaThe spirit/wind
וְהֵמָּהwəhēmāhAnd they
בַּכְּתֻבִיםbakətuvîmIn grave
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָצְאוּyāṣəʾûGo
הָאֹהֱלָהhāʾōhĕlāhThe tent
וַיִּתְנַבְּאוּwayitənabəʾûAnd prophesy
בַּמַּחֲנֶהbamaḥănehIn encampment

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