Numbers 4:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.”

Numbers 4:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 4:207 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָבֹאוּyāvōʾûGo

לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see

כְּבַלַּעkəvalaʿLike make away with

אֶתʾet—

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

וָמֵתוּwāmētûAnd die

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָבֹאוּyāvōʾûGo

לִרְאוֹתlirəʾwōtTo see

כְּבַלַּעkəvalaʿLike make away with

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

וָמֵתוּwāmētûAnd die

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