Numbers 21:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.”

Numbers 21:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:2320 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

נָתַןnātanGive

סִיחֹןsîḥōnSichon

אֶתʾet—

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

עֲבֹרʿăvōrCross

בִּגְבֻלוֹbigəvulwōIn cord

וַיֶּאֱסֹףwayeʾĕsōp̄And gather

סִיחֹןsîḥōnSichon

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

הַמִּדְבָּרָהhamidəbārāhThe pasture

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

יָהְצָהyāhəṣāhJahats

וַיִּלָּחֶםwayilāḥemAnd feed on

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

נָתַןnātanGive

סִיחֹןsîḥōnSichon

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

עֲבֹרʿăvōrCross

בִּגְבֻלוֹbigəvulwōIn cord

וַיֶּאֱסֹףwayeʾĕsōp̄And gather

סִיחֹןsîḥōnSichon

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

לִקְרַאתliqəraʾtTo encountering

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

הַמִּדְבָּרָהhamidəbārāhThe pasture

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

יָהְצָהyāhəṣāhJahats

וַיִּלָּחֶםwayilāḥemAnd feed on

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God

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