Numbers 18:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.”

Numbers 18:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 18:319 words

וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge

מִשְׁמַרְתְּךָmišəmarətəḵāWatch

וּמִשְׁמֶרֶתûmišəmeretAnd watch

כָּלkālWhole

הָאֹהֶלhāʾōhelThe tent

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

אֶלʾelNear

כְּלֵיkəlêPrepared

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

לֹאlōʾNot

יִקְרָבוּyiqərāvûApproach

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָמֻתוּyāmutûDie

גַםgamAssemblage

הֵםhēmThey

גַּםgamAssemblage

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

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

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