Numbers 15:30

“But the person who acts with a raised hand, whether native-born or resident alien, he reviles YHWH, and that person shall be cut off from among their people.”

Numbers 15:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 15:30, word by word

But the personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

Where else “nefesh” appears
actsתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “taase” appears
with a raisedרָמָהrama

General meaning: Deceive; throw.

Where else “rama” appears
handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
native-bornאֶזְרָחezrach

native

Native, born in the land; a member of the people by birth.

Where else “ezrach” appears
resident alienגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

Where else “ger” appears
revilesמְגַדֵּףmegadef

revile, blaspheme

Revile, insult with words; said against God, blaspheme.

Where else “megadef” 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
shall be cut offנִכְרְתָהnichrta

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

Where else “nichrta” appears
from amongקֶּרֶבkerev

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kerev” appears
their peopleעַמָּama

kin

Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.

Where else “ama” appears

Translation note

“With a raised hand” is acting on purpose and defying God, the opposite of sinning “by oversight.”

The context

29For the native-born among the sons of Israel and for the resident alien who resides among them there shall be one instruction for you for the one who acts by oversight.

30 · This verse (above)

31Because he has despised the word of YHWH and broken his commandment, that person shall certainly be cut off; their iniquity is on them.

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