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Numbers 14:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.


Numbers 14:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 14:1614 words
מִבִּלְתִּיmibilətîFrom failure of
יְכֹלֶתyəḵōletBe able
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְהָבִיאləhāvîʾTo go
אֶתʾet
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וַיִּשְׁחָטֵםwayišəḥāṭēmAnd slaughter
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מִבִּלְתִּיmibilətîFrom failure of
יְכֹלֶתyəḵōletBe able
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְהָבִיאləhāvîʾTo go
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וַיִּשְׁחָטֵםwayišəḥāṭēmAnd slaughter
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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