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Numbers 21:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.”

Numbers 21:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:613 words
וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בָּעָםbāʿāmIn people
אֵתʾēt—
הַנְּחָשִׁיםhanəḥāšîmThe snake
הַשְּׂרָפִיםhaśərāp̄îmThe burning
וַיְנַשְּׁכוּwayənašəḵûAnd strike
אֶתʾet—
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die
עַםʿamPeople
רָבrāvAbundant
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom 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

וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בָּעָםbāʿāmIn people
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
הַנְּחָשִׁיםhanəḥāšîmThe snake
הַשְּׂרָפִיםhaśərāp̄îmThe burning
וַיְנַשְּׁכוּwayənašəḵûAnd strike
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die
עַםʿamPeople
רָבrāvAbundant
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God

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