Numbers 32:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?”

Numbers 32:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 32:612 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

גָדgādGad

וְלִבְנֵיwəlivənêAnd to son

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

הַאַחֵיכֶםhaʾaḥêḵemBrother

יָבֹאוּyāvōʾûGo

לַמִּלְחָמָהlamiləḥāmāhTo battle

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

תֵּשְׁבוּtēšəvûSit

פֹהp̄ōhThis place

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son

גָדgādGad

וְלִבְנֵיwəlivənêAnd to son

רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

הַאַחֵיכֶםhaʾaḥêḵemBrother

יָבֹאוּyāvōʾûGo

לַמִּלְחָמָהlamiləḥāmāhTo battle

וְאַתֶּםwəʾatemAnd thou

תֵּשְׁבוּtēšəvûSit

פֹהp̄ōhThis place

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