Numbers 9:7 Hebrew Word Analysis

0saidוַ֠יֹּֽאמְרוּh559
1הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤יםh376
2And thoseהָהֵ֙מָּה֙h1992
3אֵלָ֔יוh413
4אֲנַ֥חְנוּh587
5unto him We are defiledטְמֵאִ֖יםh2931
6by the dead bodyלְנֶ֣פֶשׁh5315
7of a manאָדָ֑םh120
8לָ֣מָּהh4100
9wherefore are we kept backנִגָּרַ֗עh1639
10לְבִלְתִּ֨יh1115
11that we may not offerהַקְרִ֜יבh7126
12אֶתh853
13an offeringקָרְבַּ֤ןh7133
14of the LORDיְהוָה֙h3068
15in his appointed seasonבְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹh4150
16amongבְּת֖וֹךְh8432
17the childrenבְּנֵ֥יh1121
18of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃h3478

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And these men said to him, We have been made unclean by the dead body of a man; why may we not make the offering of the Lord at the regular time among the children of Israel?

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel?

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

World English Bible (WEB)

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?"

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and those men say unto him, `We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?'