And they rose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּמוּin the morningבַבֹּקֶרand went upוַיַּעֲלוּtoאֶלthe topרֹאשׁof the mountain,הָהָרsaying,לֵאמֹר“Here we are;הִנֶּנּוּwe will go upוְעָלִינוּtoאֶלthe placeהַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהsaid,אָמַרforכִּיwe have sinned.”חָטָאנוּ
Numbers 14:40
Study it in the app“And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we are; we will go up to the place that YHWH said, for we have sinned.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:40, word by word
- And they rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּמוּyashkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” 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- we have sinnedחָטָאנוּchatanu
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appears
The context
39And Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
40 · This verse (above)
41But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of YHWH? That will not succeed.