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Numbers 19:20 — King James Version← Study notes

But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.


Numbers 19:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 19:2022 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִטְמָאyiṭəmāʾBe foul
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִתְחַטָּאyitəḥaṭāʾMiss
וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut
הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe soul
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתʾet
מִקְדַּשׁmiqədašConsecrated
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
טִמֵּאṭimēʾBe foul
מֵיWaters
נִדָּהnidāhRejection
לֹאlōʾNot
זֹרַקzōraqSprinkle
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
הוּאhûʾHe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִטְמָאyiṭəmāʾBe foul
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִתְחַטָּאyitəḥaṭāʾMiss
וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut
הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe soul
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מִקְדַּשׁmiqədašConsecrated
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
טִמֵּאṭimēʾBe foul
מֵיWaters
נִדָּהnidāhRejection
לֹאlōʾNot
זֹרַקzōraqSprinkle
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
הוּאhûʾHe

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