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Then Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהandוְAaronאַהֲרֹןfellיִּפֹּלonעַלtheir facesפְּנֵיהֶםbeforeלִפְנֵיallכָּלthe assemblyקְהַלof the communityעֲדַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 14:5
Study it in the app“Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the community of the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 14:5, word by word
- Then 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- fellיִּפֹּלyipol
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yipol” appears- their facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- the assemblyקְהַלkehal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehal” appears- of the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
4And they said to one another, “Let us appoint a head and return to Egypt.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes