Numbers 9:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel?”
Numbers 9:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 9:719 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
הָהֵמָּהhāhēmāhThe they
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
טְמֵאִיםṭəmēʾîmFoul
לְנֶפֶשׁlənep̄ešTo soul
אָדָםʾādāmMan
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
נִגָּרַעnigāraʿScrape
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
הַקְרִבhaqərivApproach
אֶתʾet—
קָרְבַּןqārəbanBrought near
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּמֹעֲדוֹbəmōʿădwōIn appointment
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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