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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 21:8Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
עֲשֵׂהʿăśēhDo
לְךָləḵāTo
שָׂרָףśārāp̄Burning
וְשִׂיםwəśîmAnd put
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
עַלʿalAbove
נֵסnēsFlag
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כָּלkālWhole
הַנָּשׁוּךְhanāšûḵəThe strike
וְרָאָהwərāʾāhAnd see
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live

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