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Numbers 31:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.


Numbers 31:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:1712 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הִרְגוּhirəgûSmite
כָלḵālWhole
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
בַּטָּףbaṭāp̄In family
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
יֹדַעַתyōdaʿatKnow
אִישׁʾîšMan
לְמִשְׁכַּבləmišəkavTo bed
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
הֲרֹגוּhărōgûSmite
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הִרְגוּhirəgûSmite
כָלḵālWhole
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
בַּטָּףbaṭāp̄In family
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
יֹדַעַתyōdaʿatKnow
אִישׁʾîšMan
לְמִשְׁכַּבləmišəkavTo bed
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
הֲרֹגוּhărōgûSmite

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