Numbers 35:33 — King James Version← Study notes
“So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.”
Numbers 35:33 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 35:3324 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַחֲנִיפוּtaḥănîp̄ûSoil
אֶתʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
בָּהּbāhIn
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
הוּאhûʾHe
יַחֲנִיףyaḥănîp̄Soil
אֶתʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְלָאָרֶץwəlāʾāreṣAnd to earth
לֹאlōʾNot
יְכֻפַּרyəḵuparCover
לַדָּםladāmTo blood
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שֻׁפַּךְšupaḵəSpill forth
בָּהּbāhIn
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
בְּדַםbədamIn blood
שֹׁפְכוֹšōp̄əḵwōSpill forth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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