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Numbers 19:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:


Numbers 19:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 19:1711 words
וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take
לַטָּמֵאlaṭāmēʾTo foul
מֵעֲפַרmēʿăp̄arFrom dust
שְׂרֵפַתśərēp̄atCremation
הַחַטָּאתhaḥaṭāʾtThe offence
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
מַיִםmayimWaters
חַיִּיםḥayîmLiving
אֶלʾelNear
כֶּלִיkelîPrepared
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take
לַטָּמֵאlaṭāmēʾTo foul
מֵעֲפַרmēʿăp̄arFrom dust
שְׂרֵפַתśərēp̄atCremation
הַחַטָּאתhaḥaṭāʾtThe offence
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
מַיִםmayimWaters
חַיִּיםḥayîmLiving
אֶלʾelNear
כֶּלִיkelîPrepared

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