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And Mosesוּמֹשֶׁהwas a hundredבֶּן מֵאָהand twentyוְעֶשְׂרִיםyears oldשָׁנָהwhen he died;בְּמֹתוֹhis eyeעֵינוֹhad notלֹאgrown dim,כָהֲתָהand his vigorוְ לֵחֹהhad notלֹאfled.נָס
Deuteronomy 34:7
Study it in the app“And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye had not grown dim, and his vigor had not fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 34:7, word by word
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- was a hundredבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- was a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- and twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- years oldשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- when he diedמֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- his eyeעֵינen
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “en” appears- grown dimכָהֲתָהchahata
grow dim
To fade: sight, courage or a flame.
Where else “chahata” appears- and his vigorלֵחֹlecho
vigor
Vigor: the freshness and strength of life.
Where else “lecho” appears- fledנָסnas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appears
The context
6And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; and no man has known his burial place to this day.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping in mourning for Moses were completed.