Numbers 20:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.”
Numbers 20:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 20:2110 words
וַיְמָאֵןwayəmāʾēnAnd refuse
אֱדוֹםʾĕdwōmEdom
נְתֹןnətōnGive
אֶתʾet—
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
עֲבֹרʿăvōrCross
בִּגְבֻלוֹbigəvulwōIn cord
וַיֵּטwayēṭAnd stretch
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
מֵעָלָיוmēʿālāywFrom above
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