Numbers 11:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 11:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הֶאָנֹכִ֣י
ʼânôkîy
H595
I
הָרִ֗יתִי
hârâh
H2029
to conceive
אֵ֚ת
ʼêth
H853
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כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָעָ֣ם
ʻam
H5971
people
הַזֶּ֔ה
zeh
H2088
this
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
אָנֹכִ֖י
ʼânôkîy
H595
I
יְלִדְתִּ֑יהוּ
yâlad
H3205
to bear
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
תֹאמַ֨ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלַ֜י
ʼêl
H413
to
שָׂאֵ֣הוּ
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
בְחֵיקֶ֗ךָ
chêyq
H2436
bosom
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יִשָּׂ֤א
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
הָאֹמֵן֙
ʼâman
H539
to confirm
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַיֹּנֵ֔ק
yânaq
H3243
to nurse
עַ֚ל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה
ʼădâmâh
H127
ground
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ
shâbaʻ
H7650
to swear
לַאֲבֹתָֽיו
ʼâb
H1
father
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World English Bible Public Domain
Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing-father carries the sucking child, to the land which you swore to their fathers?
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King James Version Public Domain
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Did I, I conceive all this people? Or did I, I bear him, that you say to me, ‘Carry him in your bosom just as the one nursing carries the one sucking,’ over the ground that you swore to his fathers?
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