Numbers 31:47 — King James Version← Study notes

“Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Numbers 31:47 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:4726 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מִמַּחֲצִתmimaḥăṣitFrom halving

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾet—

הָאָחֻזhāʾāḥuzThe seize

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

מִןminPart

הַחֲמִשִּׁיםhaḥămišîmThe fifty

מִןminPart

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

וּמִןûminAnd part

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֹתָםʾōtām—

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

שֹׁמְרֵיšōmərêHedge

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

מִשְׁכַּןmišəkanResidence

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

מִמַּחֲצִתmimaḥăṣitFrom halving

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָחֻזhāʾāḥuzThe seize

אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

מִןminPart

הַחֲמִשִּׁיםhaḥămišîmThe fifty

מִןminPart

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

וּמִןûminAnd part

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

שֹׁמְרֵיšōmərêHedge

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

מִשְׁכַּןmišəkanResidence

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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