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Numbers 17:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.


Numbers 17:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 17:217 words
אֱמֹרʾĕmōrSay
אֶלʾelNear
אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar
בֶּןbenSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
וְיָרֵםwəyārēmAnd be high
אֶתʾet
הַמַּחְתֹּתhamaḥətōtThe pan
מִבֵּיןmibênFrom between
הַשְּׂרֵפָהhaśərēp̄āhThe cremation
וְאֶתwəʾet
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
זְרֵהzərēhToss
הָלְאָהhāləʾāhDistance
כִּיRelative conjunction
קָדֵשׁוּqādēšûBe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֱמֹרʾĕmōrSay
אֶלʾelNear
אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar
בֶּןbenSon
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
וְיָרֵםwəyārēmAnd be high
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַמַּחְתֹּתhamaḥətōtThe pan
מִבֵּיןmibênFrom between
הַשְּׂרֵפָהhaśərēp̄āhThe cremation
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
זְרֵהzərēhToss
הָלְאָהhāləʾāhDistance
כִּיRelative conjunction
קָדֵשׁוּqādēšûBe

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