Numbers 20:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?”

Numbers 20:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 20:412 words

וְלָמָהwəlāmāhAnd to what?

הֲבֵאתֶםhăvēʾtemGo

אֶתʾet—

קְהַלqəhalAssemblage

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לָמוּתlāmûtTo die

שָׁםšāmThere

אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe

וּבְעִירֵנוּûvəʿîrēnûAnd cattle

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָמָהwəlāmāhAnd to what?

הֲבֵאתֶםhăvēʾtemGo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

קְהַלqəhalAssemblage

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

הַמִּדְבָּרhamidəbārThe pasture

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לָמוּתlāmûtTo die

שָׁםšāmThere

אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe

וּבְעִירֵנוּûvəʿîrēnûAnd cattle

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