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Numbers 3:38 — King James Version← Study notes

But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.


Numbers 3:38Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 3:3820 words
וְהַחֹנִיםwəhaḥōnîmAnd the incline
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
הַמִּשְׁכָּןhamišəkānThe residence
קֵדְמָהqēdəmāhFront
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
מִזְרָחָהmizərāḥāhSunrise
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
שֹׁמְרִיםšōmərîmHedge
מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch
הַמִּקְדָּשׁhamiqədāšThe consecrated
לְמִשְׁמֶרֶתləmišəmeretTo watch
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְהַזָּרwəhazārAnd the turn aside
הַקָּרֵבhaqārēvThe approach
יוּמָתyûmātDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַחֹנִיםwəhaḥōnîmAnd the incline
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
הַמִּשְׁכָּןhamišəkānThe residence
קֵדְמָהqēdəmāhFront
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
אֹהֶלʾōhelTent
מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment
מִזְרָחָהmizərāḥāhSunrise
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְאַהֲרֹןwəʾahărōnAnd Aaron
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
שֹׁמְרִיםšōmərîmHedge
מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch
הַמִּקְדָּשׁhamiqədāšThe consecrated
לְמִשְׁמֶרֶתləmišəmeretTo watch
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְהַזָּרwəhazārAnd the turn aside
הַקָּרֵבhaqārēvThe approach
יוּמָתyûmātDie

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