Numbers
Numbers 5:3
3You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You must send away | תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּ | tə·šal·lê·ḥū | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H7971 send |
| male | מִזָּכָ֤ר | miz·zā·ḵār | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H2145 male |
| and | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| female alike | נְקֵבָה֙ | nə·qê·ḇāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5347 female |
| send them | תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּם | tə·šal·lə·ḥūm | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; third person masculine plural | H7971 send |
| outside | מִח֥וּץ | mi·ḥūṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2351 the outside |
| the camp | לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה | lam·ma·ḥă·neh | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular | H4264 encampment, camp |
| so they will not | וְלֹ֤א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| defile | יְטַמְּאוּ֙ | yə·ṭam·mə·’ū | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H2930 be or become unclean |
| their camp | מַ֣חֲנֵיהֶ֔ם | ma·ḥă·nê·hem | Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine plural | H4264 encampment, camp |
| where | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I | אֲנִ֖י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| dwell | שֹׁכֵ֥ן | šō·ḵên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7931 settle down, abide, dwell |
| among them | בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ | bə·ṯō·w·ḵām | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H8432 midst |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 23:14 · Leviticus 26:11–12 · Numbers 35:34 · Psalm 68:18 · Revelation 21:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.