Numbers 14:44

“But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, though the ark of the covenant of YHWH and Moses did not depart from the midst of the camp.”

Numbers 14:44 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 14:44, word by word

But they presumedיַּעְפִּלוּyapilu

presume

To dare boldly against what God said.

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to go upעֲלוֹתalot

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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the topרֹאשׁrosh

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

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of the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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though the arkאֲרוֹןaron

ark

The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.

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of the covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

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of 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.

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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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departמָשׁוּmashu

depart

To shift from its place.

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the midstקֶּרֶבkerev

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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of the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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The context

43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword; because you have turned back from following YHWH, YHWH will not be with you.”

44 · This verse (above)

45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country, and struck them and crushed them as far as Hormah.

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