Numbers 16:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:”

Numbers 16:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 16:3111 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כְּכַלֹּתוֹkəḵalōtwōLike end

לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וַתִּבָּקַעwatibāqaʿAnd cleave

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תַּחְתֵּיהֶםtaḥətêhemBottom

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כְּכַלֹּתוֹkəḵalōtwōLike end

לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וַתִּבָּקַעwatibāqaʿAnd cleave

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תַּחְתֵּיהֶםtaḥətêhemBottom

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