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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“I will notלֹאgo;אֵלֵךְbutכִּי אִםto my landאֶל אַרְצִיand to my kindredוְאֶל מוֹלַדְתִּיI will go.”אֵלֵךְ
Numbers 10:30
Study it in the app“And he said to him, “I will not go; but to my land and to my kindred I will go.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 10:30, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- goאֵלֵךְelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appears- to my landאַרְצִartsi
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appears- and to my kindredמוֹלַדְתִּmoladti
kindred
One's family and homeland.
Where else “moladti” appears
The context
29And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which YHWH said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do you good, for YHWH has spoken good concerning Israel.”
30 · This verse (above)
31And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be eyes for us.