Numbers 25:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.”

Numbers 25:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 25:1122 words

פִּינְחָסpînəḥāsPinechas

בֶּןbenSon

אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar

בֶּןbenSon

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

הֵשִׁיבhēšîvTurn

אֶתʾet—

חֲמָתִיḥămātîHeat

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּקַנְאוֹbəqanəʾwōIn be

אֶתʾet—

קִנְאָתִיqinəʾātîJealousy

בְּתוֹכָםbətwōḵāmIn bisection

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

כִלִּיתִיḵilîtîEnd

אֶתʾet—

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּקִנְאָתִיbəqinəʾātîIn jealousy

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

Word-by-word meanings

פִּינְחָסpînəḥāsPinechas

בֶּןbenSon

אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar

בֶּןbenSon

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

הֵשִׁיבhēšîvTurn

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֲמָתִיḥămātîHeat

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּקַנְאוֹbəqanəʾwōIn be

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

קִנְאָתִיqinəʾātîJealousy

בְּתוֹכָםbətwōḵāmIn bisection

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

כִלִּיתִיḵilîtîEnd

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

בְּקִנְאָתִיbəqinəʾātîIn jealousy

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