Numbers 21:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:”
Numbers 21:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 21:1810 words
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit
חֲפָרוּהָḥăp̄ārûhāPry into
שָׂרִיםśārîmHead
כָּרוּהָkārûhāDig
נְדִיבֵיnədîvêVoluntary
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
בִּמְחֹקֵקbiməḥōqēqIn hack
בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָםbəmišəʿănōtāmIn support
וּמִמִּדְבָּרûmimidəbārAnd from pasture
מַתָּנָהmatānāhMattanah
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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