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And the young manהַנַּעַרranוַיָּרָץand toldוַיַּגֵּדMoses,לְמֹשֶׁהand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Eldadאֶלְדָּדand Medadוּמֵידָדare prophesyingמִתְנַבְּאִיםin the camp.”בַּמַּחֲנֶה
Numbers 11:27
Study it in the app“And the young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:27, word by word
- And the young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- ranיָּרָץyarats
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appears- and toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- 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- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Eldadאֶלְדָּדeldad
Eldad
Eldad, one of the seventy elders. The name means "God has loved."
Where else “eldad” appears- and Medadמֵידָדmedad
Medad
Medad, one of the seventy elders. The lexicon explains the name as "loved."
Where else “medad” appears- are prophesyingמִתְנַבְּאִיםmitnabim
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “mitnabim” appears- in the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28And Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant from his youth, answered and said, “My lord Moses, stop them.”