Numbers 6:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.”

Numbers 6:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 6:319 words

מִיַּיִןmîyinFrom wine

וְשֵׁכָרwəšēḵārAnd intoxicant

יַזִּירyazîrHold aloof

חֹמֶץḥōmeṣVinegar

יַיִןyayinWine

וְחֹמֶץwəḥōmeṣAnd vinegar

שֵׁכָרšēḵārIntoxicant

לֹאlōʾNot

יִשְׁתֶּהyišətehImbibe

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

מִשְׁרַתmišəratMaceration

עֲנָבִיםʿănāvîmGrape

לֹאlōʾNot

יִשְׁתֶּהyišətehImbibe

וַעֲנָבִיםwaʿănāvîmAnd grape

לַחִיםlaḥîmFresh

וִיבֵשִׁיםwîvēšîmAnd dry

לֹאlōʾNot

יֹאכֵלyōʾḵēlEat

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

Word-by-word meanings

מִיַּיִןmîyinFrom wine

וְשֵׁכָרwəšēḵārAnd intoxicant

יַזִּירyazîrHold aloof

חֹמֶץḥōmeṣVinegar

יַיִןyayinWine

וְחֹמֶץwəḥōmeṣAnd vinegar

שֵׁכָרšēḵārIntoxicant

לֹאlōʾNot

יִשְׁתֶּהyišətehImbibe

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

מִשְׁרַתmišəratMaceration

עֲנָבִיםʿănāvîmGrape

לֹאlōʾNot

יִשְׁתֶּהyišətehImbibe

וַעֲנָבִיםwaʿănāvîmAnd grape

לַחִיםlaḥîmFresh

וִיבֵשִׁיםwîvēšîmAnd dry

לֹאlōʾNot

יֹאכֵלyōʾḵēlEat

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