Numbers 14:33 — King James Version← Study notes

“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.”

Numbers 14:33 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 14:3313 words

וּבְנֵיכֶםûvənêḵemAnd son

יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

רֹעִיםrōʿîmTend

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְנָשְׂאוּwənāśəʾûAnd lift

אֶתʾet—

זְנוּתֵיכֶםzənûtêḵemAdultery

עַדʿadAs far

תֹּםtōmComplete

פִּגְרֵיכֶםpigərêḵemCarcase

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּבְנֵיכֶםûvənêḵemAnd son

יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

רֹעִיםrōʿîmTend

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְנָשְׂאוּwənāśəʾûAnd lift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

זְנוּתֵיכֶםzənûtêḵemAdultery

עַדʿadAs far

תֹּםtōmComplete

פִּגְרֵיכֶםpigərêḵemCarcase

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

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