Numbers 16:35 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.”

Numbers 16:35 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 16:3511 words

וְאֵשׁwəʾēšAnd fire

יָצְאָהyāṣəʾāhGo

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

אֵתʾēt—

הַחֲמִשִּׁיםhaḥămišîmThe fifty

וּמָאתַיִםûmāʾtayimAnd hundred

אִישׁʾîšMan

מַקְרִיבֵיmaqərîvêApproach

הַקְּטֹרֶתhaqəṭōretThe fumigation

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵשׁwəʾēšAnd fire

יָצְאָהyāṣəʾāhGo

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַתֹּאכַלwatōʾḵalAnd eat

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֲמִשִּׁיםhaḥămišîmThe fifty

וּמָאתַיִםûmāʾtayimAnd hundred

אִישׁʾîšMan

מַקְרִיבֵיmaqərîvêApproach

הַקְּטֹרֶתhaqəṭōretThe fumigation

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