Numbers 36:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.”

Numbers 36:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 36:514 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

עַלʿalAbove

פִּיpîMouth

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כֵּןkēnSet upright

מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch

בְנֵיvənêSon

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

דֹּבְרִיםdōvərîmArrange

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

עַלʿalAbove

פִּיpîMouth

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

כֵּןkēnSet upright

מַטֵּהmaṭēhBranch

בְנֵיvənêSon

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

דֹּבְרִיםdōvərîmArrange

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