And take,וּקְחוּeach man,אִישׁhis censerמַחְתָּתוֹand putוּנְתַתֶּםincenseקְטֹרֶתon them,עֲלֵיהֶםand presentוְהִקְרַבְתֶּםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהeach manאִישׁhis censer,מַחְתָּתוֹtwo hundredוּמָאתַיִםand fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםcensers;מַחְתֹּתandוְyouאַתָּהandוְAaron,אַהֲרֹןeachאִישׁhis censer.”מַחְתָּתוֹ
Numbers 16:17
Study it in the app“And take, each man, his censer and put incense on them, and present before YHWH, each man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and you and Aaron, each his censer.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:17, word by word
- And takeקְחוּkechu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appears- each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his censerמַחְתָּתmachtat
firepan
A pan for coals or incense.
Where else “machtat” appears- and putנְתַתֶּםnetatem
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “netatem” appears- incenseקְטֹרֶתketoret
incense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appears- and presentהִקְרַבְתֶּםhikravtem
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hikravtem” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears
The context
16And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your community, be before YHWH, you and they and Aaron, tomorrow.
17 · This verse (above)
18So they took, each man, his censer and put fire on them and laid incense on them, and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.