Numbers 22:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.”
Numbers 22:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 22:628 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
לְכָהləḵāhWalk
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
אָרָהʾārāhExecrate
לִּיlîTo
אֶתʾet—
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עָצוּםʿāṣûmPowerful
הוּאhûʾHe
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
אוּכַלʾûḵalBe able
נַכֶּהnakehStrike
בּוֹbwōIn
וַאֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּwaʾăgārəšenûAnd drive out
מִןminPart
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow
אֵתʾēt—
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תְּבָרֵךְtəvārēḵəKneel
מְבֹרָךְməvōrāḵəKneel
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
תָּאֹרtāʾōrExecrate
יוּאָרyûʾārExecrate
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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