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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“IsהֲYHWH’sיְהוָהhandיַדtoo short?תִּקְצָרNowעַתָּהyou shall seeתִרְאֶהwhetherהֲmy wordדְבָרִיwill come true for youיִקְרְךָorאִםnot.”לֹא
Numbers 11:23
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses, “Is YHWH’s hand too short? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:23, 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- handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- too shortתִּקְצָרtiktsar
run short
To come up lacking; run out of patience.
Where else “tiktsar” appears- you shall seeתִרְאֶהtire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tire” appears- my wordדְבָרִdevari
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devari” appears- will come true for youיִקְרְyikr
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yikr” appears
The context
22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to be enough for them?”
23 · This verse (above)
24So Moses went out and told the people the words of YHWH; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent.