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And wheneverוַיְהִי בִּthe arkהָאָרֹןset out,נְסֹעַMosesמֹשֶׁהwould say,וַיֹּאמֶר“Rise up,קוּמָהYHWH,יְהוָהand let your enemiesוְ אֹיְבֶיךָbe scattered,יָפֻצוּand let those who hate youוְ מְשַׂנְאֶיךָfleeיָנֻסוּfrom before you.”מִפָּנֶיךָ
Numbers 10:35
Study it in the app“And whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, YHWH, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee from before you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 10:35, word by word
- And wheneverיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the arkאָרֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- set outנְסֹעַnesoa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nesoa” appears- 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- would sayיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Rise upקוּמָkuma
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kuma” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- and let your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- be scatteredיָפֻצוּyafutsu
be scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “yafutsu” appears- and let those who hate youמְשַׂנְאֶיmesane
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “mesane” appears- fleeיָנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- from before youפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears
Translation note
Psalm 68:1 begins with almost these same words, said of Elohim: “Let Elohim rise up, let his enemies be scattered.”
The context
34And the cloud of YHWH was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
35 · This verse (above)
36And when it rested, he would say, “Return, YHWH, to the myriads of the thousands of Israel.”