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And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהdid so;יַּעַשׂasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהhim,אֹתוֹsoכֵּןhe did.עָשָׂה
Numbers 17:11
Study it in the app“And Moses did so; as YHWH had commanded him, so he did.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 17:11, 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- did soיַּעַשׂyaas
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yaas” 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- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
10And YHWH said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you put an end to their grumblings against me, and they will not die.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And the sons of Israel said to Moses, saying, “Look, we expire, we perish, all of us perish!