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Numbers 5:3

You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
Numbers 5:3
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

מִזָּכָ֤ר עַד־נְקֵבָה֙ תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּ אֶל־מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּם וְלֹ֤א יְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־מַ֣חֲנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

  1. מִזָּכָ֤רmi.za.Khar“from male”
    Preposition + Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from זָכָר · “male” · Strong's H2145
  2. עַד־'ad-“unto”
    Preposition · from עַד · “till” · Strong's H5704
  3. נְקֵבָה֙ne.ke.Vah“female”
    Adjective, feminine, singular, absolute · from נְקֵבָה · “female” · Strong's H5347
  4. תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּte.sha.Le.chu“you will send away”
    Verb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from שָׁלַח · “depart” · Strong's H7971G
  5. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  6. מִח֥וּץmi.Chutz“from [the] outside”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from חוּץ · “outside” · Strong's H2351
  7. לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הla.ma.cha.Neh“of the camp”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from מַחֲנֶה · “camp” · Strong's H4264
  8. תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּםte.sha.le.Chum“you will send away them”
    Verb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from שָׁלַח · “depart” · Strong's H7971G
  9. וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'“and not”
    Conjunction + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  10. יְטַמְּאוּ֙ye.ta.me.'U“they will make unclean”
    Verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from טָמֵא · “to defile” · Strong's H2930A
  11. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  12. מַ֣חֲנֵיהֶ֔םma.cha.nei.Hem“camps their”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from מַחֲנֶה · “camp” · Strong's H4264
  13. אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher“which”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  14. אֲנִ֖י'a.Ni“I”
    Pronoun, personal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫י · “I” · Strong's H0589
  15. שֹׁכֵ֥ןsho.Khen“[am] dwelling”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from שָׁכַן · “to dwell” · Strong's H7931
  16. בְּתוֹכָֽם׃be.to.Kham“in midst of them”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from תָּ֫וֶךְ · “midst” · Strong's H8432
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)