Numbers 21:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”
Numbers 21:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 21:918 words
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
נְחַשׁnəḥašSnake
נְחֹשֶׁתnəḥōšetCopper
וַיְשִׂמֵהוּwayəśimēhûAnd put
עַלʿalAbove
הַנֵּסhanēsThe flag
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
אִםʾimLo!
נָשַׁךְnāšaḵəStrike
הַנָּחָשׁhanāḥāšThe snake
אֶתʾet—
אִישׁʾîšMan
וְהִבִּיטwəhibîṭAnd scan
אֶלʾelNear
נְחַשׁnəḥašSnake
הַנְּחֹשֶׁתhanəḥōšetThe copper
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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