Numbers 16:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.”

Numbers 16:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 16:3024 words

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!

בְּרִיאָהbərîʾāhCreation

יִבְרָאyivərāʾCreate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וּפָצְתָהûp̄āṣətāhAnd rend

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground

אֶתʾet—

פִּיהָpîhāMouth

וּבָלְעָהûvāləʿāhAnd make away with

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לָהֶםlāhemTo

וְיָרְדוּwəyārədûAnd descend

חַיִּיםḥayîmLiving

שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades

וִידַעְתֶּםwîdaʿətemAnd know

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

נִאֲצוּniʾăṣûScorn

הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!

בְּרִיאָהbərîʾāhCreation

יִבְרָאyivərāʾCreate

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וּפָצְתָהûp̄āṣətāhAnd rend

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פִּיהָpîhāMouth

וּבָלְעָהûvāləʿāhAnd make away with

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לָהֶםlāhemTo

וְיָרְדוּwəyārədûAnd descend

חַיִּיםḥayîmLiving

שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades

וִידַעְתֶּםwîdaʿətemAnd know

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

נִאֲצוּniʾăṣûScorn

הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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