Numbers
Numbers 14:33
33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your children | וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם | ū·ḇə·nê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| will be | יִהְי֨וּ | yih·yū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| shepherds | רֹעִ֤ים | rō·‘îm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H7462 pasture, tend, graze |
| in the wilderness | בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ | bam·miḏ·bār | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4057 mouth |
| for forty | אַרְבָּעִ֣ים | ’ar·bā·‘îm | Number - common plural | H705 forty |
| years | שָׁנָ֔ה | šā·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
| and they will suffer | וְנָשְׂא֖וּ | wə·nā·śə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your unfaithfulness | זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם | zə·nū·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2184 fornication |
| until the last | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| of your bodies | פִּגְרֵיכֶ֖ם | piḡ·rê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6297 corpse, carcass |
| lies | תֹּ֥ם | tōm | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8552 be complete, finished |
| in the wilderness | בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | bam·miḏ·bār | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4057 mouth |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 32:13 · Ezekiel 23:35 · Psalm 107:40 · Deuteronomy 2:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.