Numbers 16:12

“And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.”

Numbers 16:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach

send

To send someone or something.

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to callקְרֹאkero

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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Dathanדָתָןdatan

Dathan

Dathan, a man of the tribe of Reuben who rebelled against Moses together with Korah and Abiram.

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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."

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sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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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."

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but they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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come upנַעֲלֶהnaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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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?

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