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 14:16 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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