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Numbers 15:38 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:


Numbers 15:38Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 15:3819 words
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
וְעָשׂוּwəʿāśûAnd do
לָהֶםlāhemTo
צִיצִתṣîṣitFloral
עַלʿalAbove
כַּנְפֵיkanəp̄êEdge
בִגְדֵיהֶםvigədêhemCovering
לְדֹרֹתָםlədōrōtāmTo revolution
וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
צִיצִתṣîṣitFloral
הַכָּנָףhakānāp̄The edge
פְּתִילpətîlTwine
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
וְעָשׂוּwəʿāśûAnd do
לָהֶםlāhemTo
צִיצִתṣîṣitFloral
עַלʿalAbove
כַּנְפֵיkanəp̄êEdge
בִגְדֵיהֶםvigədêhemCovering
לְדֹרֹתָםlədōrōtāmTo revolution
וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
צִיצִתṣîṣitFloral
הַכָּנָףhakānāp̄The edge
פְּתִילpətîlTwine
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel

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