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Numbers 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.


Numbers 5:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:818 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֵיןʾênNonentity
לָאִישׁlāʾîšTo man
גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem
לְהָשִׁיבləhāšîvTo turn
הָאָשָׁםhāʾāšāmThe guilt
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הָאָשָׁםhāʾāšāmThe guilt
הַמּוּשָׁבhamûšāvThe turn
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
לַכֹּהֵןlakōhēnTo officiating
מִלְּבַדmiləvadFrom to separation
אֵילʾêlStrength
הַכִּפֻּרִיםhakipurîmThe expiation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְכַפֶּרyəḵaperCover
בּוֹbwōIn
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֵיןʾênNonentity
לָאִישׁlāʾîšTo man
גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem
לְהָשִׁיבləhāšîvTo turn
הָאָשָׁםhāʾāšāmThe guilt
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הָאָשָׁםhāʾāšāmThe guilt
הַמּוּשָׁבhamûšāvThe turn
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
לַכֹּהֵןlakōhēnTo officiating
מִלְּבַדmiləvadFrom to separation
אֵילʾêlStrength
הַכִּפֻּרִיםhakipurîmThe expiation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְכַפֶּרyəḵaperCover
בּוֹbwōIn
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

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