Numbers 16:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?”

Numbers 16:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 16:921 words

הַמְעַטhaməʿaṭThe little

מִכֶּםmikemFrom part

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הִבְדִּילhivədîlDivide

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

מֵעֲדַתmēʿădatFrom assemblage

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְהַקְרִיבləhaqərîvTo approach

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

לַעֲבֹדlaʿăvōdTo work

אֶתʾet—

עֲבֹדַתʿăvōdatWork

מִשְׁכַּןmišəkanResidence

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וְלַעֲמֹדwəlaʿămōdAnd to stand

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

לְשָׁרְתָםləšārətāmTo attend

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

Word-by-word meanings

הַמְעַטhaməʿaṭThe little

מִכֶּםmikemFrom part

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הִבְדִּילhivədîlDivide

אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

מֵעֲדַתmēʿădatFrom assemblage

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לְהַקְרִיבləhaqərîvTo approach

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

לַעֲבֹדlaʿăvōdTo work

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֲבֹדַתʿăvōdatWork

מִשְׁכַּןmišəkanResidence

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וְלַעֲמֹדwəlaʿămōdAnd to stand

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

לְשָׁרְתָםləšārətāmTo attend

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