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When Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהheard it,יִּשְׁמַעhe fellוַיִּפֹּלonעַלhis face.פָּנָיו
Numbers 16:4
Study it in the app“When Moses heard it, he fell on his face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 16:4, word by word
- When 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- heard itיִּשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- he fellיִּפֹּלyipol
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yipol” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears
The context
3And they assembled against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “Enough of you! For all the community, all of them, are holy, and YHWH is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of YHWH?”
4 · This verse (above)
5And he spoke to Korah and to all his community, saying, “In the morning YHWH will make known who is his, and who is holy, and he will bring him near to himself; and the one whom he chooses he will bring near to himself.