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And he stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדbetweenבֵּיןthe deadהַמֵּתִיםandוּthe living,בֵין הַחַיִּיםand the plagueוַ הַמַּגֵּפָהwas stopped.תֵּעָצַר
Numbers 16:48
Study it in the app“And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.”
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Numbers 16:48, word by word
- And he stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- the deadמֵּתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears- the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- and the plagueמַּגֵּפָהmagefa
plague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appears- was stoppedתֵּעָצַרteatsar
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “teatsar” appears
The context
47So Aaron took it as Moses had said and ran into the midst of the assembly, and look, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made expiation for the people.
48 · This verse (above)
49And those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died because of Korah.