Numbers 31:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.”
Numbers 31:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 31:1617 words
הֵןhēnLo!
הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves
הָיוּhāyûExist
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
בִּדְבַרbidəvarIn word
בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam
לִמְסָרliməsārTo sunder
מַעַלmaʿalTreachery
בַּיהוָהbayhwāhIn LORD
עַלʿalAbove
דְּבַרdəvarWord
פְּעוֹרpəʿwōrPeör
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
הַמַּגֵּפָהhamagēp̄āhThe pestilence
בַּעֲדַתbaʿădatIn assemblage
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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