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And the cloudוְהֶעָנָןwithdrewסָרfrom overמֵעַלthe tent,הָאֹהֶלand look,וְהִנֵּהMiriamמִרְיָםwas leprous,מְצֹרַעַתlike snow.כַּשָּׁלֶגAnd Aaronוַ אַהֲרֹןturnedיִּפֶןtoward Miriam,אֶל מִרְיָםand look,וְהִנֵּהshe was leprous.מְצֹרָעַת
Numbers 12:10
Study it in the app“And the cloud withdrew from over the tent, and look, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and look, she was leprous.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 12:10, word by word
- And the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- withdrewסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears- the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- Miriamמִרְיָםmiryam
Miriam
Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, a prophetess; also a woman of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:17).
Where else “miryam” appears- was leprousמְצֹרַעַתmetsoraat
have leprosy
Have tsaraat ("leprosy"): a skin disease that made a person unclean (Leviticus 13). It is not exactly the disease called leprosy today.
Where else “metsoraat” appears- like snowשָּׁלֶגshaleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “shaleg” appears- And Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- turnedיִּפֶןyifen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifen” appears
The context
9And the anger of YHWH burned against them, and he departed.
10 · This verse (above)
11And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please do not lay on us the sin in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned.