Numbers 12:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.”

Numbers 12:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 12:512 words

וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּעַמּוּדbəʿamûdIn column

עָנָןʿānānCloud

וַיַּעֲמֹדwayaʿămōdAnd stand

פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening

הָאֹהֶלhāʾōhelThe tent

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וּמִרְיָםûmirəyāmAnd Mirjam

וַיֵּצְאוּwayēṣəʾûAnd go

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּעַמּוּדbəʿamûdIn column

עָנָןʿānānCloud

וַיַּעֲמֹדwayaʿămōdAnd stand

פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening

הָאֹהֶלhāʾōhelThe tent

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וּמִרְיָםûmirəyāmAnd Mirjam

וַיֵּצְאוּwayēṣəʾûAnd go

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

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