Study it in the app“And he said to them, “Thus says YHWH, Elohim of Israel: ‘Each man, put his sword on his side; pass through and return from gate to gate in the camp, and kill, each man, his brother, and each man his companion, and each man his relative.’””
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל‘Each man,אִישׁputשִׂימוּhis swordחַרְבּוֹon his side;עַל יְרֵכוֹpass throughעִבְרוּand returnוָשׁוּבוּfrom gateמִשַּׁעַרto gateלָשַׁעַרin the camp,בַּמַּחֲנֶהand kill,וְהִרְגוּeach man,אִישׁhis brother,אֶת אָחִיוand each manוְאִישׁhis companion,אֶת רֵעֵהוּand each manוְאִישׁhis relative.’”אֶת קְרֹבוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “simu” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appearsthigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerech” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appearsagain
To do something one more time.
Where else “shuvu” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hirgu” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appearsrelative
A very close relative, of the same blood.
Where else “kerov” appears26And Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Whoever is for YHWH, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.
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28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell of the people on that day about three thousand men.
