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While the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwereיִּהְיוּin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרthey foundוַיִּמְצְאוּa manאִישׁgatheringמְקֹשֵׁשׁwoodעֵצִיםon the dayבְּיוֹםof the Sabbath.הַשַּׁבָּת
Numbers 15:32
Study it in the app“While the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 15:32, word by word
- While the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- they foundיִּמְצְאוּyimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsu” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- gatheringמְקֹשֵׁשׁmekoshesh
gather
Gather from the ground (straw, wood).
Where else “mekoshesh” appears- woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears
The context
31Because he has despised the word of YHWH and broken his commandment, that person shall certainly be cut off; their iniquity is on them.
32 · This verse (above)
33And those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and to Aaron and to all the community.