Numbers 11:25

“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.”

Numbers 11:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim

elder

The senior men who led a city or the people.

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and whenיְהִיyehi

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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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.

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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.

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