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Numbers 5:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,


Numbers 5:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:1214 words
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
אִישׁʾîšMan
אִישׁʾîšMan
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִשְׂטֶהtiśəṭehDeviate
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וּמָעֲלָהûmāʿălāhAnd cover up
בוֹvwōIn
מָעַלmāʿalTreachery
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְאָמַרְתָּwəʾāmarətāAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
אִישׁʾîšMan
אִישׁʾîšMan
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִשְׂטֶהtiśəṭehDeviate
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וּמָעֲלָהûmāʿălāhAnd cover up
בוֹvwōIn
מָעַלmāʿalTreachery

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