Numbers 16:32 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.”

Numbers 16:32 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 16:3216 words

וַתִּפְתַּחwatip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתʾet—

פִּיהָpîhāMouth

וַתִּבְלַעwativəlaʿAnd make away with

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בָּתֵּיהֶםbātêhemA house

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לְקֹרַחləqōraḥTo Korach

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הָרֲכוּשׁhārăḵûšThe property

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּפְתַּחwatip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פִּיהָpîhāMouth

וַתִּבְלַעwativəlaʿAnd make away with

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בָּתֵּיהֶםbātêhemA house

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לְקֹרַחləqōraḥTo Korach

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הָרֲכוּשׁhārăḵûšThe property

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