Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 9:7 Interlinear

said And those unto him We are defiled by the dead body of a man wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַ֠יֹּֽאמְרוּH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤יםH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3הָהֵ֙מָּה֙H1992And thosethey (only used when emphatic)
4אֵלָ֔יוH413near, with or among; often in general, to
5אֲנַ֥חְנוּH587we
6טְמֵאִ֖יםH2931unto him We are defiledfoul in a religious sense
7לְנֶ֣פֶשׁH5315by the dead bodyproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
8אָדָ֑םH120of a manruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
9לָ֣מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
10נִגָּרַ֗עH1639wherefore are we kept backto scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
11לְבִלְתִּ֨יH1115properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
12הַקְרִ֜יבH7126that we may not offerto approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
13אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14קָרְבַּ֤ןH7133an offeringsomething brought near the altar, i.e., a sacrificial present
15יְהוָה֙H3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
16בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹH4150in his appointed seasonproperly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
17בְּת֖וֹךְH8432amonga bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
18בְּנֵ֥יH1121the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
19יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Verse Context

Numbers 9:6 And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body...
Numbers 9:7 (current)said And those unto him We are defiled by the dead body of a man wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel
Numbers 9:8said And Moses unto them Stand still and I will hear ...

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