Numbers 20:12

“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.””

Numbers 20:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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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.

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to treat me as holyהַקְדִּישֵׁhakdishe

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

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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".

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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.

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bringתָבִיאוּtaviu

bring

To bring something or someone.

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assemblyקָּהָלkahal

assembly

The people gathered before YHWH.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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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.

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