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Numbers 9:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:


Numbers 9:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 9:620 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָיוּhāyûExist
טְמֵאִיםṭəmēʾîmFoul
לְנֶפֶשׁlənep̄ešTo soul
אָדָםʾādāmMan
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able
לַעֲשֹׂתlaʿăśōtTo do
הַפֶּסַחhapesaḥThe pretermission
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וַיִּקְרְבוּwayiqərəvûAnd approach
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְלִפְנֵיwəlip̄ənêAnd to face
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָיוּhāyûExist
טְמֵאִיםṭəmēʾîmFoul
לְנֶפֶשׁlənep̄ešTo soul
אָדָםʾādāmMan
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able
לַעֲשֹׂתlaʿăśōtTo do
הַפֶּסַחhapesaḥThe pretermission
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וַיִּקְרְבוּwayiqərəvûAnd approach
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְלִפְנֵיwəlip̄ənêAnd to face
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

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