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Then Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהbrought outיֹּצֵאallאֶת כָּלthe staffsהַמַּטֹּתfromמִלִּbeforeפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהtoאֶלallכָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand they looked,וַיִּרְאוּand they took,וַיִּקְחוּeach man,אִישׁhis staff.מַטֵּהוּ
Numbers 17:9
Study it in the app“Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before YHWH to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and they took, each man, his staff.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 17:9, word by word
- Then 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- brought outיֹּצֵאyotse
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” appears- the staffsמַּטֹּתmatot
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “matot” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- 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- and they lookedיִּרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- and they tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
8And it happened on the next day that Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and look, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and it had put forth buds and produced blossoms and ripened almonds.
9 · This verse (above)
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.”