And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהsentיִּשְׁלַחto callלִקְרֹאDathanלְדָתָןandוְAbiram,לַאֲבִירָםsonsבְּנֵיof Eliab;אֱלִיאָבbut they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We will notלֹאcome up.נַעֲלֶה
Numbers 16:12
Study it in the app“And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:12, word by word
- And 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- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- to callקְרֹאkero
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kero” appears- Dathanדָתָןdatan
Dathan
Dathan, a man of the tribe of Reuben who rebelled against Moses together with Korah and Abiram.
Where else “datan” appears- Abiramאֲבִירָםaviram
Abiram
Abiram, the name of two men; among them a man of the tribe of Reuben who rebelled against Moses with Korah and Dathan. The name means "my father is exalted."
Where else “aviram” appears- sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Eliabאֱלִיאָבeliav
Eliab
Eliab, the name of several men; among them a chief of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:9), the father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1) and the oldest brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6). It means "God is father."
Where else “eliav” appears- but they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- come upנַעֲלֶהnaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naale” appears
The context
11Therefore you and all your community are the ones gathered together against YHWH; and Aaron, what is he, that you grumble against him?”
12 · This verse (above)
13Is it too little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, that you should make yourself a prince over us, even make yourself a prince?