Numbers 11:26

“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.”

Numbers 11:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.”

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