Numbers

Numbers 12:11–12

¹¹and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. ¹²Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

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Numbers 12:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and said	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֑ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
My lord	אֲדֹנִ֔י	’ă·ḏō·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H113 lord
please	נָ֨א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
hold	תָשֵׁ֤ת	ṯā·šêṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular	H7896 put, set
against us	עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
this sin	חַטָּ֔את	ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion
we have so foolishly	נוֹאַ֖לְנוּ	nō·w·’al·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H2973 be foolish
committed	חָטָֽאנוּ׃	ḥā·ṭā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H2398 miss

Numbers 12:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Please	נָ֥א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
let her be	תְהִ֖י	ṯə·hî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like a stillborn infant	כַּמֵּ֑ת	kam·mêṯ	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
whose	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
flesh	בְשָׂרֽוֹ׃	ḇə·śā·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1320 flesh
is half	חֲצִ֥י	ḥă·ṣî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2677 half
consumed	וַיֵּאָכֵ֖ל	way·yê·’ā·ḵêl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
when he comes out	בְּצֵאתוֹ֙	bə·ṣê·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
of his mother’s	אִמּ֔וֹ	’im·mōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
womb	מֵרֶ֣חֶם	mê·re·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7358 womb

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Numbers 12:11 2 Samuel 24:10 · 2 Samuel 19:19 · Proverbs 30:32

Numbers 12:12 Psalm 88:4–5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.