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And now,וְעַתָּהpleaseנָאlet the powerכֹּחַof Adonaiאֲדֹנָיbe great,יִגְדַּלjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have spoken,דִּבַּרְתָּsaying,לֵאמֹר
Numbers 14:17
Study it in the app“And now, please let the power of Adonai be great, just as you have spoken, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:17, word by word
- let the powerכֹּחַkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- of Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- be greatיִגְדַּלyigdal
magnify
To praise YHWH, acknowledge how vast he is.
Where else “yigdal” appears- you have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
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.’
17 · This verse (above)
18‘YHWH is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but he will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’