Numbers 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.”
Numbers 3:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 3:423 words
וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die
נָדָבnādāvNadab
וַאֲבִיהוּאwaʾăvîhûʾAnd Abihu
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּהַקְרִבָםbəhaqərivāmIn approach
אֵשׁʾēšFire
זָרָהzārāhTurn aside
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּמִדְבַּרbəmidəbarIn pasture
סִינַיsînaySinai
וּבָנִיםûvānîmAnd son
לֹאlōʾNot
הָיוּhāyûExist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וַיְכַהֵןwayəḵahēnAnd officiate
אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar
וְאִיתָמָרwəʾîtāmārAnd Ithamar
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
אֲבִיהֶםʾăvîhemFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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