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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 12:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 12:114 words
וַתְּדַבֵּרwatədabērAnd arrange
מִרְיָםmirəyāmMirjam
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
בְּמֹשֶׁהbəmōšehIn Moses
עַלʿalAbove
אֹדוֹתʾōdwōtTurnings
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
הַכֻּשִׁיתhakušîtThe a Cushite woman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָקָחlāqāḥTake
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
כֻשִׁיתḵušîtA Cushite woman
לָקָחlāqāḥTake
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתְּדַבֵּרwatədabērAnd arrange
מִרְיָםmirəyāmMirjam
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
בְּמֹשֶׁהbəmōšehIn Moses
עַלʿalAbove
אֹדוֹתʾōdwōtTurnings
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
הַכֻּשִׁיתhakušîtThe a Cushite woman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָקָחlāqāḥTake
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
כֻשִׁיתḵušîtA Cushite woman
לָקָחlāqāḥTake

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