Numbers 16:22 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?”
Numbers 16:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 16:2216 words
וַיִּפְּלוּwayipəlûAnd fall
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיהֶםpənêhemFace
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֵלʾēlStrength
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
הָרוּחֹתhārûḥōtThe spirit/wind
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
יֶחֱטָאyeḥĕṭāʾMiss
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
תִּקְצֹףtiqəṣōp̄Crack
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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