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Numbers 21:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.


Numbers 21:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 21:721 words
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
חָטָאנוּḥāṭāʾnûMiss
כִּיRelative conjunction
דִבַּרְנוּdibarənûArrange
בַיהוָהvayhwāhIn LORD
וָבָךְwāvāḵəAnd in
הִתְפַּלֵּלhitəpalēlJudge
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְיָסֵרwəyāsērAnd turn
מֵעָלֵינוּmēʿālênûFrom above
אֶתʾet
הַנָּחָשׁhanāḥāšThe snake
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּלwayitəpalēlAnd judge
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
בְּעַדbəʿadIn up to
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
חָטָאנוּḥāṭāʾnûMiss
כִּיRelative conjunction
דִבַּרְנוּdibarənûArrange
בַיהוָהvayhwāhIn LORD
וָבָךְwāvāḵəAnd in
הִתְפַּלֵּלhitəpalēlJudge
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְיָסֵרwəyāsērAnd turn
מֵעָלֵינוּmēʿālênûFrom above
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַנָּחָשׁhanāḥāšThe snake
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּלwayitəpalēlAnd judge
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
בְּעַדbəʿadIn up to
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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