Numbers 12:6

“And he said, “Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I, YHWH, make myself known to him in a vision; in a dream I speak with him.”

Numbers 12:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 12:6, word by word

And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
“Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “shimu” appears
my wordsדְבָרָdevara

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devara” appears
there isיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yihye” appears
a prophet among youנְבִיאֲnevia

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “nevia” appears
I, 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
make myself knownאֶתְוַדָּעetvada

know a person

To know someone.

Where else “etvada” appears
in a visionמַּרְאָהmara

vision

What God shows someone in dreams or awake: a vision.

Where else “mara” appears
in a dreamחֲלוֹםchalom

dream

Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.

Where else “chalom” appears
I speakאֲדַבֶּרadaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “adaber” appears

The context

5And YHWH came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam, and the two of them came out.

6 · This verse (above)

7Not so my servant Moses; in all my house he is faithful.

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