Numbers 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.”

Numbers 5:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:418 words

וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do

כֵןḵēnSet upright

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיְשַׁלְּחוּwayəšaləḥûAnd send

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לַמַּחֲנֶהlamaḥănehTo encampment

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

כֵּןkēnSet upright

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

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

וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do

כֵןḵēnSet upright

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיְשַׁלְּחוּwayəšaləḥûAnd send

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לַמַּחֲנֶהlamaḥănehTo encampment

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

כֵּןkēnSet upright

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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