Numbers 19:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.”
Numbers 19:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 19:1618 words
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִגַּעyigaʿTouch
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
בַּחֲלַלbaḥălalIn pierced
חֶרֶבḥerevDrought
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְמֵתvəmētIn die
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְעֶצֶםvəʿeṣemIn bone
אָדָםʾādāmMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְקָבֶרvəqāverIn sepulchre
יִטְמָאyiṭəmāʾBe foul
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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