Numbers 21:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.”

Numbers 21:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:315 words

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּקוֹלbəqwōlIn voice

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾet—

הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite

וַיַּחֲרֵםwayaḥărēmAnd seclude

אֶתְהֶםʾetəhem—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

עָרֵיהֶםʿārêhemCity

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

חָרְמָהḥārəmāhChormah

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּקוֹלbəqwōlIn voice

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite

וַיַּחֲרֵםwayaḥărēmAnd seclude

אֶתְהֶםʾetəhemdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עָרֵיהֶםʿārêhemCity

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

חָרְמָהḥārəmāhChormah

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