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If you killוְהֵמַתָּהthisהַזֶּהpeopleאֶת הָעָםasכְּoneאֶחָדman,אִישׁthenוְthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםwhoאֲשֶׁרhave heardשָׁמְעוּof your fameאֶת שִׁמְעֲךָwill say,אָמְרוּ לֵאמֹר
Numbers 14:15
Study it in the app“If you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of your fame will say,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:15, word by word
- If you killהֵמַתָּהhemata
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hemata” appears- peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- have heardשָׁמְעוּshamu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamu” appears- of your fameשִׁמְעֲshima
report
What is heard about someone.
Where else “shima” appears- will sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16‘Because YHWH was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give them, he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’