Numbers 16:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.”

Numbers 16:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 16:523 words

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

אֶלʾelNear

קֹרַחqōraḥKorach

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

כָּלkālWhole

עֲדָתוֹʿădātwōAssemblage

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

בֹּקֶרbōqerDawn

וְיֹדַעwəyōdaʿAnd know

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לוֹlwōTo

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַקָּדוֹשׁhaqādwōšThe sacred

וְהִקְרִיבwəhiqərîvAnd approach

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry

בּוֹbwōIn

יַקְרִיבyaqərîvApproach

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

אֶלʾelNear

קֹרַחqōraḥKorach

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

כָּלkālWhole

עֲדָתוֹʿădātwōAssemblage

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

בֹּקֶרbōqerDawn

וְיֹדַעwəyōdaʿAnd know

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לוֹlwōTo

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַקָּדוֹשׁhaqādwōšThe sacred

וְהִקְרִיבwəhiqərîvAnd approach

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry

בּוֹbwōIn

יַקְרִיבyaqərîvApproach

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

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