Numbers 21:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.”
Numbers 21:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 21:817 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
עֲשֵׂהʿăśēhDo
לְךָləḵāTo
שָׂרָףśārāp̄Burning
וְשִׂיםwəśîmAnd put
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
עַלʿalAbove
נֵסnēsFlag
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
הַנָּשׁוּךְhanāšûḵəThe strike
וְרָאָהwərāʾāhAnd see
אֹתוֹʾōtwō—
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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