Numbers 31:54 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.”

Numbers 31:54 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:5420 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

וְאֶלְעָזָרwəʾeləʿāzārAnd Elazar

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

אֶתʾet—

הַזָּהָבhazāhāvThe gold

מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

הָאֲלָפִיםhāʾălāp̄îmThe thousand

וְהַמֵּאוֹתwəhamēʾwōtAnd the hundred

וַיָּבִאוּwayāviʾûAnd go

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אֶלʾelNear

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

זִכָּרוֹןzikārwōnMemento

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

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