Numbers 23:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?”

Numbers 23:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 23:1211 words

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

הֲלֹאhălōʾNot

אֵתʾēt—

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָשִׂיםyāśîmPut

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּפִיbəp̄îIn mouth

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אֶשְׁמֹרʾešəmōrHedge

לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

הֲלֹאhălōʾNot

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָשִׂיםyāśîmPut

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּפִיbəp̄îIn mouth

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶשְׁמֹרʾešəmōrHedge

לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange

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