Numbers 26:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.”

Numbers 26:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 26:1018 words

וַתִּפְתַּחwatip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתʾet—

פִּיהָpîhāMouth

וַתִּבְלַעwativəlaʿAnd make away with

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

קֹרַחqōraḥKorach

בְּמוֹתbəmwōtIn death

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

בַּאֲכֹלbaʾăḵōlIn eat

הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire

אֵתʾēt—

חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty

וּמָאתַיִםûmāʾtayimAnd hundred

אִישׁʾîšMan

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

לְנֵסlənēsTo flag

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּפְתַּחwatip̄ətaḥAnd open wide

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פִּיהָpîhāMouth

וַתִּבְלַעwativəlaʿAnd make away with

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)