Numbers 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”

Numbers 20:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 20:518 words

וְלָמָהwəlāmāhAnd to what?

הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּheʿĕlîtunûAscend

מִמִּצְרַיִםmimiṣərayimFrom Mitsrajim

לְהָבִיאləhāvîʾTo go

אֹתָנוּʾōtānû—

אֶלʾelNear

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

הָרָעhārāʿThe bad

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

לֹאlōʾNot

מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding

זֶרַעzeraʿSeed

וּתְאֵנָהûtəʾēnāhAnd fig

וְגֶפֶןwəgep̄enAnd vine

וְרִמּוֹןwərimwōnAnd pomegranate

וּמַיִםûmayimAnd waters

אַיִןʾayinNonentity

לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe

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

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