Numbers 31:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.”

Numbers 31:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:316 words

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶלʾelNear

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

הֵחָלְצוּhēḥāləṣûPull off

מֵאִתְּכֶםmēʾitəḵemFrom nearness

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

לַצָּבָאlaṣāvāʾTo mass

וְיִהְיוּwəyihəyûAnd exist

עַלʿalAbove

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

לָתֵתlātētTo give

נִקְמַתniqəmatAvengement

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בְּמִדְיָןbəmidəyānIn Midjan

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

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