Numbers 32:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.”
Numbers 32:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 32:1719 words
וַאֲנַחְנוּwaʾănaḥənûAnd we
נֵחָלֵץnēḥālēṣPull off
חֻשִׁיםḥušîmHurry
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
עַדʿadAs far
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אִםʾimLo!
הֲבִיאֹנֻםhăvîʾōnumGo
אֶלʾelNear
מְקוֹמָםməqwōmāmStanding
וְיָשַׁבwəyāšavAnd sit
טַפֵּנוּṭapēnûFamily
בְּעָרֵיbəʿārêIn city
הַמִּבְצָרhamivəṣārThe fortification
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
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