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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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מֹשֶׁ֗הmōšeh
MosesnounH4872
עֲשֵׂ֤הʿăśēh
makeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לְ/ךָ֙ləkā
pron
שָׂרָ֔ףśārāp
a saraphnounH8314
seraph
וְ/שִׂ֥יםwəśiym
and putconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
itparticleH853
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נֵ֑סnēs
a standardnounH5251
pole · sail · sign · standard
וְ/הָיָה֙wəhāyāh
and it will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/נָּשׁ֔וּךְhanāšwkə
one who is bittenparticleH5391
lend upon usury
וְ/רָאָ֥הwərāʾāh
and he will seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
itparticleH853
וָ/חָֽיwāḥāy
liveconjH2425
save life
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Omar HassanNote1mo ago
The Bronze Serpent Lifted Up
The Lord said to Moses: Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live. I find the image haunting and beautiful. The instrument of death becomes the instrument of h...
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