YHWHיְהוָהspokeוַיְדַבֵּרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁהsaying,לֵּאמֹר
Numbers 16:36
Study it in the app“YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:36, word by word
- 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- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- to 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Translation note
From here to the end of the chapter, the Hebrew numbering is 17:1-15; chapter 17 of this translation corresponds to 17:16-28 in Hebrew.
The context
35And fire came out from YHWH and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
36 · This verse (above)
37“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers from among the burning, and scatter the fire far away, for they have become holy,