Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 21:8 Interlinear

said And the LORD unto Moses Make thee a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten when he looketh upon it shall live

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2יְהוָ֜הH3068And the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4מֹשֶׁ֗הH4872unto Mosesmosheh, the israelite lawgiver
5עֲשֵׂ֤הH6213Maketo do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
6לְךָ֙H0
7שָׂרָ֔ףH8314thee a fiery serpentburning, i.e., (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
8וְשִׂ֥יםH7760and setto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
9אֹת֖וֹH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11נֵ֑סH5251it upon a polea flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
12וְהָיָה֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְH5391and it shall come to pass that every one that is bittento strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
15וְרָאָ֥הH7200when he lookethto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
16אֹת֖וֹH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
17וָחָֽי׃H2425upon it shall liveto live; causatively to revive

Verse Context

Numbers 21:7came Therefore the people from us And Moses and said We have sinned...
Numbers 21:8 (current)said And the LORD unto Moses Make thee a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten when he looketh upon it shall live
Numbers 21:9made And Moses a serpent of brass and put ...

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