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Numbers 20:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.


Numbers 20:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 20:1810 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֱדוֹםʾĕdwōmEdom
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹרtaʿăvōrCross
בִּיIn
פֶּןpenRemoval
בַּחֶרֶבbaḥerevIn drought
אֵצֵאʾēṣēʾGo
לִקְרָאתֶךָliqərāʾteḵāTo encountering
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֱדוֹםʾĕdwōmEdom
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲבֹרtaʿăvōrCross
בִּיIn
פֶּןpenRemoval
בַּחֶרֶבbaḥerevIn drought
אֵצֵאʾēṣēʾGo
לִקְרָאתֶךָliqərāʾteḵāTo encountering

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