Study it in the app“The sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his censer, put fire in them, laid incense on it, and presented before YHWH strange fire that he had not commanded them.”
The sonsבְנֵיof Aaron,אַהֲרֹןNadabנָדָבand Abihu,וַאֲבִיהוּאeachאִישׁtookוַיִּקְחוּhis censer,מַחְתָּתוֹputוַיִּתְּנוּfireאֵשׁin them,בָהֵןlaidוַיָּשִׂימוּincenseקְטֹרֶתon it,עָלֶיהָand presentedוַיַּקְרִבוּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהstrangeזָרָהfireאֵשׁthatאֲשֶׁרhe had notלֹאcommandedצִוָּהthem.אֹתָם
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearsNadab
Nadab: the name of several Israelites, among them the oldest son of Aaron and a king of Israel.
Where else “nadav” appearsAbihu
Abihu: the second son of Aaron.
Where else “avihu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appearsfirepan
A pan for coals or incense.
Where else “machtat” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitnu” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsthey (feminine)
They (feminine); those.
Where else “hen” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appearsincense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appearsbring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “yakrivu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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” appearsforeign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zara” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears“Strange fire”: fire that YHWH had not commanded. The text says no more: it does not say where they took it from or at what moment.
1 · This verse (above)
2And fire came out from before YHWH and consumed them, and they died before YHWH.
