Numbers 12:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

'Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־נָ֥א תְהִ֖י כַּמֵּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּצֵאתוֹ֙ מֵרֶ֣חֶם אִמּ֔וֹ וַיֵּאָכֵ֖ל חֲצִ֥י בְשָׂרֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾAl-nāʾ təhî kammēt ʾăšer bəṣēʾtō mēreḥem ʾimmō wayyēʾākēl ḥăṣî ḇəśārō

Grammar Details

• *ʾAl-nāʾ*: negative particle + particle of entreaty - 'please do not'
• *təhî*: Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - 'let her be'
• *kammēt*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - 'like the dead'
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - 'who/which'
• *bəṣēʾtō*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'when he comes out'
• *mēreḥem*: preposition + masculine singular construct - 'from the womb of'
• *ʾimmō*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his mother'
• *wayyēʾākēl*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and is consumed'
• *ḥăṣî*: masculine singular construct - 'half of'
• *ḇəśārō*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his flesh'

Word Meanings

• *kammēt*: like the dead/as one dead
• *bəṣēʾtō*: when he comes out/at his coming out
• *wayyēʾākēl*: is consumed/is eaten away/is devoured
• *ḇəśārō*: his flesh/his body

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother's womb with its flesh half eaten away.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Oh let her not be as one that came deed oute of his mothers wombe: for halfe hyr fleshe is eaten awaye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that she be not as one that commeth deed out of his mothers wombe: It hath eaten vp half hir flesh allready.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let her not, I pray thee, be as one dead, of whome the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Oh, let her not be as one dead, of who the fleshe is halfe consumed when he commeth out of his mothers whom.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  let her not, I pray thee, be as `one' dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother -- the half of his flesh is consumed.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother’s womb!”

Referenced Verses

• Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have existed; like infants who never saw light.
• Ps 58:8 : 8 As a snail that melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
• Ps 88:4-5 : 4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand.
• 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
• Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
• Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.