Numbers 31:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses;”

Numbers 31:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:2116 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֶלְעָזָרʾeləʿāzārElazar

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

אֶלʾelNear

אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan

הַצָּבָאhaṣāvāʾThe mass

הַבָּאִיםhabāʾîmThe go

לַמִּלְחָמָהlamiləḥāmāhTo battle

זֹאתzōʾtThis

חֻקַּתḥuqatAppointed

הַתּוֹרָהhatwōrāhThe precept

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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

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