And YHWHוַ יְהוָהcame downיֵּרֶדin the cloudבֶּעָנָןand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto him,אֵלָיוand tookוַיָּאצֶלsome of the spiritמִן הָרוּחַthatאֲשֶׁרwas on himעָלָיוand put itוַיִּתֵּןonעַלthe seventyשִׁבְעִיםmen,אִישׁthe elders;הַזְּקֵנִיםand whenוַיְהִי כְּthe spiritהָרוּחַrestedנוֹחַon them,עֲלֵיהֶםthey prophesied,וַיִּתְנַבְּאוּbut they did notוְלֹאcontinue.יָסָפוּ
Numbers 11:25
Study it in the app“And YHWH came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy men, the elders; and when the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not continue.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:25, 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- came downיֵּרֶדyered
come down
God comes down to see or act.
Where else “yered” appears- in the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- and tookיָּאצֶלyatsel
take some
Draw off a part of something to give to others.
Where else “yatsel” appears- some of the spiritרוּחַruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- and put itיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- the 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- the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- and whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- restedנוֹחַnoach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “noach” appears- they prophesiedיִּתְנַבְּאוּyitnabu
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “yitnabu” appears- continueיָסָפוּyasafu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasafu” appears
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26But two men had remained in the camp; the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the second Medad; and the spirit rested on them —and they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent— and they prophesied in the camp.