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But Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָה“Then the Egyptiansוְ מִצְרַיִםwill hear of it,שָׁמְעוּforכִּיyou brought upהֶעֱלִיתָthisהַזֶּהpeopleאֶת הָעָםin your powerבְכֹחֲךָfrom among them,מִקִּרְבּוֹ
Numbers 14:13
Study it in the app“But Moses said to YHWH, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your power from among them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:13, word by word
- But 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- “Then the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- will hear of itשָׁמְעוּshamu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamu” appears- you brought upהֶעֱלִיתָheelita
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heelita” appears- peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- in your powerכֹחֲchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- from among themקִּרְבּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears
The context
12I will strike them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”
13 · This verse (above)
14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, YHWH, are in the midst of this people, that you, YHWH, are seen eye to eye, and your cloud stands over them, and in a pillar of cloud you go before them by day and in a pillar of fire by night.