Numbers 18:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.”

Numbers 18:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 18:514 words

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֵתʾēt—

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

קֶצֶףqeṣep̄Splinter

עַלʿalAbove

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

קֶצֶףqeṣep̄Splinter

עַלʿalAbove

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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