And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהsaid,יֹּאמֶר“By thisבְּזֹאתyou shall knowתֵּדְעוּןthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas sent meשְׁלָחַנִיto doלַעֲשׂוֹתallאֵת כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהworks,הַמַּעֲשִׂיםforכִּיit is notלֹאfrom my own heart.מִלִּבִּי
Numbers 16:28
Study it in the app“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.”
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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.