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Numbers 6:7 — King James Version← Study notes

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.


Numbers 6:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 6:713 words
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וּלְאִמּוֹûləʾimwōAnd to mother
לְאָחִיוləʾāḥîwTo brother
וּלְאַחֹתוֹûləʾaḥōtwōAnd to sister
לֹאlōʾNot
יִטַּמָּאyiṭamāʾBe foul
לָהֶםlāhemTo
בְּמֹתָםbəmōtāmIn death
כִּיRelative conjunction
נֵזֶרnēzerSet apart
אֱלֹהָיוʾĕlōhāywGod
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁוֹrōʾšwōHead
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וּלְאִמּוֹûləʾimwōAnd to mother
לְאָחִיוləʾāḥîwTo brother
וּלְאַחֹתוֹûləʾaḥōtwōAnd to sister
לֹאlōʾNot
יִטַּמָּאyiṭamāʾBe foul
לָהֶםlāhemTo
בְּמֹתָםbəmōtāmIn death
כִּיRelative conjunction
נֵזֶרnēzerSet apart
אֱלֹהָיוʾĕlōhāywGod
עַלʿalAbove
רֹאשׁוֹrōʾšwōHead

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