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Numbers 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.


Numbers 17:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 17:1219 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
אֶלʾelNear
תּוֹךtwōḵBisection
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הֵחֵלhēḥēlBore
הַנֶּגֶףhanegep̄The trip
בָּעָםbāʿāmIn people
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
אֶתʾet
הַקְּטֹרֶתhaqəṭōretThe fumigation
וַיְכַפֵּרwayəḵapērAnd cover
עַלʿalAbove
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
אֶלʾelNear
תּוֹךtwōḵBisection
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הֵחֵלhēḥēlBore
הַנֶּגֶףhanegep̄The trip
בָּעָםbāʿāmIn people
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַקְּטֹרֶתhaqəṭōretThe fumigation
וַיְכַפֵּרwayəḵapērAnd cover
עַלʿalAbove
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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