And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Hearשִׁמְעוּnowנָאmy words:דְבָרָיIfאִםthere isיִהְיֶהa prophet among you,נְבִיאֲכֶםI, YHWH,יְהוָהmake myself knownאֶתְוַדָּעto himאֵלָיוin a vision;בַּמַּרְאָהin a dreamבַּחֲלוֹםI speakאֲדַבֶּרwith him.בּוֹ
Numbers 12:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.