Numbers
Numbers 21:8–9
8Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” 9So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
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.
Numbers 21:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| Make | עֲשֵׂ֤ה | ‘ă·śêh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a fiery serpent | שָׂרָ֔ף | śā·rāp̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H8314 a serpent |
| and mount | וְשִׂ֥ים | wə·śîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| it | אֹת֖וֹ | ’ō·ṯōw | Direct object marker; third person masculine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| a pole | נֵ֑ס | nês | Noun - masculine singular | H5251 standard, ensign, signal, sign |
| When anyone | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who is bitten | הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ | han·nā·šūḵ | Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H5391 bite |
| looks at it | וְרָאָ֥ה | wə·rā·’āh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| he will live | וָחָֽי׃ | wā·ḥāy | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2421 live |
Numbers 21:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Moses | מֹשֶׁה֙ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| made | וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | way·ya·‘aś | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a bronze | נְחֹ֔שֶׁת | nə·ḥō·šeṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H5178 copper, bronze |
| snake | נְחַ֣שׁ | nə·ḥaš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5175 serpent |
| and mounted | וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ | way·śi·mê·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| it on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| a pole | הַנֵּ֑ס | han·nês | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5251 standard, ensign, signal, sign |
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| anyone who | אִ֔ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| was bitten | נָשַׁ֤ךְ | nā·šaḵ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5391 bite |
| looked | וְהִבִּ֛יט | wə·hib·bîṭ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5027 look |
| at | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the bronze | הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת | han·nə·ḥō·šeṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5178 copper, bronze |
| snake | הַנָּחָשׁ֙ | han·nā·ḥāš | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5175 serpent |
| he would live | וָחָֽי׃ | wā·ḥāy | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2421 live |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 21:8 John 3:14 · Psalm 106:43–45 · Psalm 145:8
Numbers 21:9 John 3:14–15 · John 6:40 · Hebrews 12:2 · 2 Kings 18:4 · John 12:32 · Isaiah 45:22 · Romans 8:3 · 2 Corinthians 5:21 · Romans 1:17 · Romans 5:20–21 · Zechariah 12:10 · 1 John 3:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.