And he spokeוַיְדַבֵּרtoאֶלthe community,הָעֵדָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Turn away,סוּרוּplease,נָאfromמֵעַלthe tentsאָהֳלֵיof theseהָאֵלֶּהwickedהָרְשָׁעִיםmen,הָאֲנָשִׁיםandוְdo notאַלtouchתִּגְּעוּanythingבְּכָל אֲשֶׁרof theirs,לָהֶםlestפֶּןyou be swept awayתִּסָּפוּin allבְּכָלtheir sins.”חַטֹּאתָם
Numbers 16:26
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:26, word by word
- And he spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Turn awayסוּרוּsuru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “suru” appears- the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- touchתִּגְּעוּtigu
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “tigu” appears- you be swept awayתִּסָּפוּtisafu
sweep away
To perish together with others, wiped out.
Where else “tisafu” appears- their sinsחַטֹּאתָchatota
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatota” appears
The context
25And Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 · This verse (above)
27So they moved away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, from around; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.