Numbers 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.”

Numbers 12:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 12:114 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֨רwatədabēr

and she spokeconjH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

מִרְיָ֤םmirəyām

MiriamnounH4813

וְ/אַהֲרֹן֙wəʾahărōn

and AaronconjH175

בְּ/מֹשֶׁ֔הbəmōšeh

against MosespronH4872

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אֹד֛וֹתʾōdwōt

the causes ofnounH182

concerning · sake

הָ/אִשָּׁ֥הhāʾišāh

the womanparticleH802

each · every · female · many ···

הַ/כֻּשִׁ֖יתhakušiyt

EthiopianparticleH3571

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

whomparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לָקָ֑חlāqāḥ

he had takenverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אִשָּׁ֥הʾišāh

a womannounH802

each · every · female · many ···

כֻשִׁ֖יתkušiyt

EthiopiannounH3571

לָקָֽחlāqāḥ

he had takenverbH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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