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Numbers 20:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.


Numbers 20:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 20:825 words
קַחqaḥTake
אֶתʾet
הַמַּטֶּהhamaṭehThe branch
וְהַקְהֵלwəhaqəhēlAnd convoke
אֶתʾet
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
וְדִבַּרְתֶּםwədibarətemAnd arrange
אֶלʾelNear
הַסֶּלַעhaselaʿThe rock
לְעֵינֵיהֶםləʿênêhemTo eye
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
מֵימָיוmêmāywWaters
וְהוֹצֵאתָwəhwōṣēʾtāAnd go
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מַיִםmayimWaters
מִןminPart
הַסֶּלַעhaselaʿThe rock
וְהִשְׁקִיתָwəhišəqîtāAnd quaff
אֶתʾet
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
וְאֶתwəʾet
בְּעִירָםbəʿîrāmCattle
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

קַחqaḥTake
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַמַּטֶּהhamaṭehThe branch
וְהַקְהֵלwəhaqəhēlAnd convoke
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother
וְדִבַּרְתֶּםwədibarətemAnd arrange
אֶלʾelNear
הַסֶּלַעhaselaʿThe rock
לְעֵינֵיהֶםləʿênêhemTo eye
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
מֵימָיוmêmāywWaters
וְהוֹצֵאתָwəhwōṣēʾtāAnd go
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מַיִםmayimWaters
מִןminPart
הַסֶּלַעhaselaʿThe rock
וְהִשְׁקִיתָwəhišəqîtāAnd quaff
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּעִירָםbəʿîrāmCattle

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