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Numbers 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.


Numbers 20:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 20:1225 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
יַעַןyaʿanHeed
לֹאlōʾNot
הֶאֱמַנְתֶּםheʾĕmanətemBuild up
בִּיIn
לְהַקְדִּישֵׁנִיləhaqədîšēnîTo be
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָכֵןlāḵēnTo set upright
לֹאlōʾNot
תָבִיאוּtāvîʾûGo
אֶתʾet
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
לָהֶםlāhemTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
יַעַןyaʿanHeed
לֹאlōʾNot
הֶאֱמַנְתֶּםheʾĕmanətemBuild up
בִּיIn
לְהַקְדִּישֵׁנִיləhaqədîšēnîTo be
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לָכֵןlāḵēnTo set upright
לֹאlōʾNot
תָבִיאוּtāvîʾûGo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַקָּהָלhaqāhālThe assemblage
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
לָהֶםlāhemTo

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