Numbers 19:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 19:17 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 →
וְלָֽקְחוּ֙
lâqach
H3947
to take
לַטָּמֵ֔א
ṭâmêʼ
H2931
unclean
מֵעֲפַ֖ר
ʻâphâr
H6083
dust
שְׂרֵפַ֣ת
sᵉrêphâh
H8316
burning
הַֽחַטָּ֑את
chaṭṭâʼâh
H2403
sin offering
וְנָתַ֥ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
עָלָ֛יו
ʻal
H5921
upon
מַ֥יִם
mayim
H4325
water
חַיִּ֖ים
chay
H2416
living
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
כֶּֽלִי
kᵉlîy
H3627
vessel
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World English Bible Public Domain
For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
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King James Version Public Domain
And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they shall take for the unclean one some of the dust of the burning of the sin offering, and he shall put living water on it into a vessel.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).