But twoשְׁנֵיmenאֲנָשִׁיםhad remainedוַיִּשָּׁאֲרוּin the camp;בַּמַּחֲנֶהthe nameשֵׁםof the oneהָאֶחָדwas Eldad,אֶלְדָּדand the nameוְשֵׁםof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיMedad;מֵידָדand the spiritוַ הָרוּחַrestedתָּנַחon themעֲלֵיהֶם—and theyוְהֵמָּהwere among those registered,בַּכְּתֻבִיםbut they had notוְלֹאgone outיָצְאוּto the tent—הָאֹהֱלָהand they prophesiedוַיִּתְנַבְּאוּin the camp.בַּמַּחֲנֶה
Numbers 11:26
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:26, word by word
- But twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- had remainedיִּשָּׁאֲרוּyishaaru
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “yishaaru” appears- in the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- was Eldadאֶלְדָּדeldad
Eldad
Eldad, one of the seventy elders. The name means "God has loved."
Where else “eldad” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- Medadמֵידָדmedad
Medad
Medad, one of the seventy elders. The lexicon explains the name as "loved."
Where else “medad” appears- and the spiritרוּחַruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- restedתָּנַחtanach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “tanach” appears- were among those registeredכְּתֻבִיםketuvim
record
To enter someone's name in a record.
Where else “ketuvim” appears- gone outיָצְאוּyatsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appears- to the tent—אֹהֱלָohela
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohela” appears- and they prophesiedיִּתְנַבְּאוּyitnabu
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “yitnabu” appears
The context
25And 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27And the young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”