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Becauseכִּיhe has despisedבָּזָהthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהandוְbrokenהֵפַרhis commandment,אֶת מִצְוָתוֹthatהַהִואpersonהַנֶּפֶשׁshall certainly be cut off;הִכָּרֵת תִּכָּרֵתtheir iniquityעֲוֺנָהis on them.בָהּ
Numbers 15:31
Study it in the app“Because he has despised the word of YHWH and broken his commandment, that person shall certainly be cut off; their iniquity is on them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 15:31, word by word
- he has despisedבָּזָהbaza
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “baza” appears- the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- brokenהֵפַרhefar
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hefar” appears- his commandmentמִצְוָתmitsvat
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appears- personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- shall certainly be cut offהִכָּרֵתhikaret
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hikaret” appears- their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appears
The context
30But 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.
31 · This verse (above)
32While the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath.