And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Gatherאֶסְפָהfor meלִּיseventyשִׁבְעִיםmenאִישׁof the eldersמִזִּקְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhomאֲשֶׁרyou knowיָדַעְתָּto beכִּי הֵםthe eldersזִקְנֵיof the peopleהָעָםand their supervisors;וְשֹׁטְרָיוand bringוְלָקַחְתָּthemאֹתָםto the tentאֶל אֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדand let them take their standוְהִתְיַצְּבוּthereשָׁםwith you.עִמָּךְ
Numbers 11:16
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their supervisors; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:16, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- “Gatherאֶסְפָesfa
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “esfa” appears- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of the eldersזִּקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- you knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and their supervisorsשֹׁטְרָיshotray
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotray” appears- and bringלָקַחְתָּlakachta
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lakachta” appears- to the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears- and let them take their standהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears
The context
15And if you deal thus with me, kill me, please, kill me outright, if I have found favor in your eyes, and let me not see my misery.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them; and they shall carry the burden of the people with you, and you shall not carry it yourself alone.