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YHWHיְהוָהspokeוַיְדַבֵּרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁהsaying,לֵּאמֹר
Numbers 18:25
Study it in the app“YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:25, word by word
- 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- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- to 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
24For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they set apart to YHWH as a contribution, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.’”
25 · This verse (above)
26“And to the Levites you shall speak and say to them, ‘When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall set apart from it a contribution for YHWH, a tithe of the tithe.