Numbers 21:8
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
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Commentary
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֜ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mo.Sheh | Moses | H4872 → |
| עֲשֵׂ֤ה | 'a.Seh | make | H6213 → |
| לְךָ֙ | le.Kha | for <the> yourself | |
| שָׂרָ֔ף | sa.Raf | a saraph | H8314 → |
| וְשִׂ֥ים | ve.Sim | and put | H7760 → |
| אֹת֖וֹ | 'o.To | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| נֵ֑ס | Nes | a standard | H5251 → |
| וְהָיָה֙ | ve.ha.Yah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ | ha.na.Shukh | <the> [one who] is bitten | H5391 → |
| וְרָאָ֥ה | ve.ra.'Ah | and he will see | H7200 → |
| אֹת֖וֹ | 'o.To | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| וָחָֽי׃ | va.Chai | and he will live | H2421 → |
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