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Numbers 32:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:


Numbers 32:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 32:1610 words
וַיִּגְּשׁוּwayigəšûAnd be
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
גִּדְרֹתgidərōtInclosure
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
נִבְנֶהnivənehBuild
לְמִקְנֵנוּləmiqənēnûTo bought
פֹּהpōhThis place
וְעָרִיםwəʿārîmAnd city
לְטַפֵּנוּləṭapēnûTo family
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּגְּשׁוּwayigəšûAnd be
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
גִּדְרֹתgidərōtInclosure
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
נִבְנֶהnivənehBuild
לְמִקְנֵנוּləmiqənēnûTo bought
פֹּהpōhThis place
וְעָרִיםwəʿārîmAnd city
לְטַפֵּנוּləṭapēnûTo family

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