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‘BecauseמִYHWHיְהוָהwas notבִּלְתִּיableיְכֹלֶתto bringלְהָבִיאthisהַזֶּהpeopleאֶת הָעָםintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרhe sworeנִשְׁבַּעto give them,לָהֶםhe slaughtered themוַיִּשְׁחָטֵםin the wilderness.’בַּמִּדְבָּר
Numbers 14:16
Study it in the app“‘Because YHWH was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give them, he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:16, word by word
- 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- ableיְכֹלֶתyecholet
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yecholet” appears- to bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- he sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- he slaughtered themיִּשְׁחָטֵyishchate
kill
To kill people with violence, at times as a sacrifice or punishment.
Where else “yishchate” appears- in the wilderness.’מִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
15If you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of your fame will say,
16 · This verse (above)
17And now, please let the power of Adonai be great, just as you have spoken, saying,