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Numbers 25:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.


Numbers 25:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 25:19 words
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
בַּשִּׁטִּיםbašiṭîmIn Shittim
וַיָּחֶלwayāḥelAnd bore
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לִזְנוֹתlizənwōtTo commit adultery
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
בַּשִּׁטִּיםbašiṭîmIn Shittim
וַיָּחֶלwayāḥelAnd bore
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לִזְנוֹתlizənwōtTo commit adultery
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
מוֹאָבmwōʾāvMoab

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