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Numbers 4:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.


Numbers 4:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 4:612 words
וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
כְּסוּיkəsûyCovered
עוֹרʿwōrSkin
תַּחַשׁtaḥašAnimal with fur
וּפָרְשׂוּûp̄ārəśûAnd break
בֶגֶדvegedCovering
כְּלִילkəlîlComplete
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
מִלְמָעְלָהmiləmāʿəlāhFrom to upper part
וְשָׂמוּwəśāmûAnd put
בַּדָּיוbadāywSeparation
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
כְּסוּיkəsûyCovered
עוֹרʿwōrSkin
תַּחַשׁtaḥašAnimal with fur
וּפָרְשׂוּûp̄ārəśûAnd break
בֶגֶדvegedCovering
כְּלִילkəlîlComplete
תְּכֵלֶתtəḵēletMussel
מִלְמָעְלָהmiləmāʿəlāhFrom to upper part
וְשָׂמוּwəśāmûAnd put
בַּדָּיוbadāywSeparation

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