Numbers 25:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.”

Numbers 25:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 25:419 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

קַחqaḥTake

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וְהוֹקַעwəhwōqaʿAnd sever

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

נֶגֶדnegedFront

הַשָּׁמֶשׁhašāmešThe sun

וְיָשֹׁבwəyāšōvAnd turn

חֲרוֹןḥărwōnBurning

אַףʾap̄Nose

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

קַחqaḥTake

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וְהוֹקַעwəhwōqaʿAnd sever

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

נֶגֶדnegedFront

הַשָּׁמֶשׁhašāmešThe sun

וְיָשֹׁבwəyāšōvAnd turn

חֲרוֹןḥărwōnBurning

אַףʾap̄Nose

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God

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