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And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“HasהֲYHWHיְהוָהspokenדִּבֶּרonlyרַק אַךְthrough Moses?בְּמֹשֶׁהHas he notהֲלֹאspokenדִבֵּרthrough usבָּנוּalso?”גַּםAnd YHWHוַ יְהוָהheard it.יִּשְׁמַע
Numbers 12:2
Study it in the app“And they said, “Has YHWH spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And YHWH heard it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 12:2, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- 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- spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- through 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- heard itיִּשְׁמַעyishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishma” appears
The context
1And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken, for he had taken a Cushite woman.
2 · This verse (above)
3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any human being who was on the face of the ground.