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Sayאֱמֹרto them,אֲלֵהֶם‘As surely as Iאָנִיlive,חַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהjustאִם לֹאasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have spokenדִּבַּרְתֶּםin my ears,בְּאָזְנָיsoכֵּןI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהto you.לָכֶם
Numbers 14:28
Study it in the app“Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares YHWH, just as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:28, word by word
- Sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- you have spokenדִּבַּרְתֶּםdibartem
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibartem” appears- in my earsאָזְנָazna
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azna” appears- I will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears
The context
27“How long shall I bear with this evil community that they grumble against me? The grumblings of the sons of Israel, which they grumble against me, I have heard.
28 · This verse (above)
29In this wilderness your corpses shall fall, and all of you who were counted in all your number, from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,