Numbers 8:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Numbers 8:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 8:314 words

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do

כֵּןkēnSet upright

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶלʾelNear

מוּלmûlAbrupt

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַמְּנוֹרָהhamənwōrāhThe chandelier

הֶעֱלָהheʿĕlāhAscend

נֵרֹתֶיהָnērōteyhāLamp

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do

כֵּןkēnSet upright

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

אֶלʾelNear

מוּלmûlAbrupt

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַמְּנוֹרָהhamənwōrāhThe chandelier

הֶעֱלָהheʿĕlāhAscend

נֵרֹתֶיהָnērōteyhāLamp

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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