Numbers 31:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.”

Numbers 31:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 31:825 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מַלְכֵיmaləḵêKing

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

הָרְגוּhārəgûSmite

עַלʿalAbove

חַלְלֵיהֶםḥaləlêhemPierced

אֶתʾet—

אֱוִיʾĕwîEvi

וְאֶתwəʾet—

רֶקֶםreqemRekem

וְאֶתwəʾet—

צוּרṣûrTsur

וְאֶתwəʾet—

חוּרḥûrChur

וְאֶתwəʾet—

רֶבַעrevaʿReba

חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšetFive

מַלְכֵיmaləḵêKing

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam

בֶּןbenSon

בְּעוֹרbəʿwōrBeor

הָרְגוּhārəgûSmite

בֶּחָרֶבbeḥārevIn drought

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַלְכֵיmaləḵêKing

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

הָרְגוּhārəgûSmite

עַלʿalAbove

חַלְלֵיהֶםḥaləlêhemPierced

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֱוִיʾĕwîEvi

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֶקֶםreqemRekem

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

צוּרṣûrTsur

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חוּרḥûrChur

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֶבַעrevaʿReba

חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšetFive

מַלְכֵיmaləḵêKing

מִדְיָןmidəyānMidjan

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּלְעָםbiləʿāmBilam

בֶּןbenSon

בְּעוֹרbəʿwōrBeor

הָרְגוּhārəgûSmite

בֶּחָרֶבbeḥārevIn drought

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