Numbers 25:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.”

Numbers 25:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 25:821 words

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

אִישׁʾîšMan

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶלʾelNear

הַקֻּבָּהhaqubāhThe pavilion

וַיִּדְקֹרwayidəqōrAnd stab

אֶתʾet—

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

אֵתʾēt—

אִישׁʾîšMan

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אֶלʾelNear

קֳבָתָהּqŏvātāhAbdomen

וַתֵּעָצַרwatēʿāṣarAnd inclose

הַמַּגֵּפָהhamagēp̄āhThe pestilence

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe 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

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

אִישׁʾîšMan

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶלʾelNear

הַקֻּבָּהhaqubāhThe pavilion

וַיִּדְקֹרwayidəqōrAnd stab

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

אִישׁʾîšMan

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אֶלʾelNear

קֳבָתָהּqŏvātāhAbdomen

וַתֵּעָצַרwatēʿāṣarAnd inclose

הַמַּגֵּפָהhamagēp̄āhThe pestilence

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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