Numbers 21:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

Numbers 21:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:215 words

וַיִּדַּרwayidarAnd promise

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

נֶדֶרnederPromise

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

אִםʾimLo!

נָתֹןnātōnGive

תִּתֵּןtitēnGive

אֶתʾet—

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand

וְהַחֲרַמְתִּיwəhaḥăramətîAnd seclude

אֶתʾet—

עָרֵיהֶםʿārêhemCity

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּדַּרwayidarAnd promise

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

נֶדֶרnederPromise

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

אִםʾimLo!

נָתֹןnātōnGive

תִּתֵּןtitēnGive

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

בְּיָדִיbəyādîIn hand

וְהַחֲרַמְתִּיwəhaḥăramətîAnd seclude

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עָרֵיהֶםʿārêhemCity

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