Numbers 9:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 9:7 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 →
וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
הָהֵ֨מָּה֙
hêm
H1992
they
אֵלָ֔יו
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲנַ֥חְנוּ
ʼănachnûw
H587
we
טְמֵאִ֖ים
ṭâmêʼ
H2931
unclean
לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ
nephesh
H5315
soul
אָדָ֑ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
לָ֣מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
נִגָּרַ֗ע
gâraʻ
H1639
to diminish
לְבִלְתִּ֨י
biltîy
H1115
except
הַקְרִ֜ב
qârab
H7126
to approach
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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קָרְבַּ֤ן
qorbân
H7133
offering
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ
môwʻêd
H4150
appointed time
בְּת֖וֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
בְּנֵ֥י
bên
H1121
son
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
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World English Bible Public Domain
Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And those men said 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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And those men said to him, “We unclean to a person of a man. Why are we taken away not to present the offering of Yahweh in its appointed time in the midst of the sons of Israel?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).