Numbers 16:33 — King James Version← Study notes
“They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.”
Numbers 16:33 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 16:3313 words
וַיֵּרְדוּwayērədûAnd descend
הֵםhēmThey
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָהֶםlāhemTo
חַיִּיםḥayîmLiving
שְׁאֹלָהšəʾōlāhHades
וַתְּכַסwatəḵasAnd plump
עֲלֵיהֶםʿălêhemAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וַיֹּאבְדוּwayōʾvədûAnd wander
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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