Numbers 14:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”

Numbers 14:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 14:129 words

אַכֶּנּוּʾakenûStrike

בַדֶּבֶרvadeverIn pestilence

וְאוֹרִשֶׁנּוּwəʾwōrišenûAnd occupy

וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do

אֹתְךָʾōtəḵā—

לְגוֹיləgwōyTo nation

גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat

וְעָצוּםwəʿāṣûmAnd powerful

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

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

Word-by-word meanings

אַכֶּנּוּʾakenûStrike

בַדֶּבֶרvadeverIn pestilence

וְאוֹרִשֶׁנּוּwəʾwōrišenûAnd occupy

וְאֶעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśehAnd do

אֹתְךָʾōtəḵādirect object marker (no translation)

לְגוֹיləgwōyTo nation

גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat

וְעָצוּםwəʿāṣûmAnd powerful

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

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