So allוַ כָּלthe communityהָעֵדָהbroughtיֹּצִיאוּhimאֹתוֹoutsideאֶל מִחוּץthe campלַמַּחֲנֶהand stonedוַיִּרְגְּמוּhimאֹתוֹwith stones,בָּאֲבָנִיםand he died,וַיָּמֹתasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 15:36
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With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 15:36, word by word
- the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- broughtיֹּצִיאוּyotsiu
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsiu” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- and stonedיִּרְגְּמוּyirgmu
stone
Stone to death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.
Where else “yirgmu” appears- with stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- and he diedיָּמֹתyamot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” 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- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- 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
The context
35And YHWH said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the community shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
36 · This verse (above)
37YHWH said to Moses, saying,