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Numbers 21:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.


Numbers 21:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:116 words
וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
עֲרָדʿărādArad
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
הַנֶּגֶבhanegevThe south
כִּיRelative conjunction
בָּאbāʾGo
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
הָאֲתָרִיםhāʾătārîmThe Atharim
וַיִּלָּחֶםwayilāḥemAnd feed on
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
וַיִּשְׁבְּwayišəbəAnd transport into captivity
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
שֶׁבִיševîExiled
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
עֲרָדʿărādArad
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
הַנֶּגֶבhanegevThe south
כִּיRelative conjunction
בָּאbāʾGo
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
הָאֲתָרִיםhāʾătārîmThe Atharim
וַיִּלָּחֶםwayilāḥemAnd feed on
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
וַיִּשְׁבְּwayišəbəAnd transport into captivity
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
שֶׁבִיševîExiled

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