Numbers 11:31 — King James Version← Study notes
“And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.”
Numbers 11:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 11:3123 words
וְרוּחַwərûḥaAnd spirit/wind
נָסַעnāsaʿPull
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיָּגָזwayāgāzAnd shear off
שַׂלְוִיםśaləwîmQuail
מִןminPart
הַיָּםhayāmThe sea
וַיִּטֹּשׁwayiṭōšAnd pound
עַלʿalAbove
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
כְּדֶרֶךְkədereḵəLike road
יוֹםywōmDay
כֹּהkōhLike this
וּכְדֶרֶךְûḵədereḵəAnd like road
יוֹםywōmDay
כֹּהkōhLike this
סְבִיבוֹתsəvîvwōtCircle
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
וּכְאַמָּתַיִםûḵəʾamātayimAnd like a mother
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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