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 17:2 — Hebrew 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
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
קָדֵשׁוּqādēšûBe
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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