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And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהroseיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלDathanדָּתָןand Abiram,וַאֲבִירָםand the eldersוַ זִקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfollowedיֵּלְכוּhim.אַחֲרָיו
Numbers 16:25
Study it in the app“And Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:25, 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- roseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Dathanדָּתָןdatan
Dathan
Dathan, a man of the tribe of Reuben who rebelled against Moses together with Korah and Abiram.
Where else “datan” appears- and 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- and the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” 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
The context
24“Speak to the community, saying, ‘Move away from around the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’”
25 · This verse (above)
26And he spoke to the community, saying, “Turn away, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything of theirs, lest you be swept away in all their sins.”