Numbers 35:34 — King James Version← Study notes

“Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.”

Numbers 35:34 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:3419 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תְטַמֵּאtəṭamēʾBe foul

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

יֹשְׁבִיםyōšəvîmSit

בָּהּbāhIn

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֲנִיʾănîI

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

בְּתוֹכָהּbətwōḵāhIn bisection

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תְטַמֵּאtəṭamēʾBe foul

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

יֹשְׁבִיםyōšəvîmSit

בָּהּbāhIn

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אֲנִיʾănîI

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

בְּתוֹכָהּbətwōḵāhIn bisection

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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