Numbers 16:28

“And Moses said, “By this you shall know that YHWH has sent me to do all these works, for it is not from my own heart.”

Numbers 16:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 16:28, 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
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

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

Where else “yomer” appears
you shall knowתֵּדְעוּtedu

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

Where else “tedu” 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
has sent meשְׁלָחַshelaach

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “shelaach” appears
to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asot” appears
worksמַּעֲשִׂיםmaasim

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

Where else “maasim” appears
from my own heartלִּבִּlibi

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “libi” appears

The context

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.

28 · This verse (above)

29If these men die as all human beings die, and the fate of all human beings is visited on them, YHWH has not sent me.

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