Andוְthe manהָאִישׁwhomאֲשֶׁרI choose,אֶבְחַר בּוֹhis staffמַטֵּהוּshall sprout;הָיָה יִפְרָחand I will silenceוַהֲשִׁכֹּתִיfromמֵupon meעָלַיthe grumblingsאֶת תְּלֻנּוֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםgrumbleמַלִּינִםagainst you.”עֲלֵיכֶם
Numbers 17:5
Study it in the app“And the man whom I choose, his staff shall sprout; and I will silence from upon me the grumblings of the sons of Israel, which they grumble against you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 17:5, word by word
- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- I chooseאֶבְחַרevchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “evchar” appears- his staffמַטֵּmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- shall sproutהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- shall sproutיִפְרָחyifrach
blossom
To sprout, blossom; or prosper.
Where else “yifrach” appears- and I will silenceהֲשִׁכֹּתִיhashikoti
subside
Quiet down, ebb; make still.
Where else “hashikoti” appears- the grumblingsתְּלֻנּוֹתtelunot
grumbling
Grumbling: complaints against someone, muttered under one's breath.
Where else “telunot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- grumbleמַלִּינִםmalinim
grumble
To complain in a low voice against someone, in discontent.
Where else “malinim” appears
The context
4And you shall leave them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
5 · This verse (above)
6So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a staff for each chief, a staff for each chief, by their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs; and the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.