And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMosesמֹשֶׁהandוְtoאֶלAaron,אַהֲרֹן“Becauseיַעַןyou did notלֹאbelieveהֶאֱמַנְתֶּםin me,בִּיto treat me as holyלְהַקְדִּישֵׁנִיin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthereforeלָכֵןyou shall notלֹאbringתָבִיאוּthisהַזֶּהassemblyאֶת הַקָּהָלintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI have givenנָתַתִּיthem.”לָהֶם
Numbers 20:12
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to treat me as holy in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:12, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- believeהֶאֱמַנְתֶּםheemantem
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “heemantem” appears- to treat me as holyהַקְדִּישֵׁhakdishe
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “hakdishe” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” 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- bringתָבִיאוּtaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “taviu” appears- assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears
The context
11And Moses raised his hand and struck the crag with his staff twice, and much water came out, and the community and their livestock drank.
12 · This verse (above)
13These are the waters of Meribah, where the sons of Israel quarreled with YHWH, and he showed himself holy among them.