And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMosesמֹשֶׁהandוְtoאֶלAaronאַהֲרֹןat Horבְּהֹרthe mountain,הָהָרonעַלthe borderגְּבוּלof the landאֶרֶץof Edom,אֱדוֹםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Numbers 20:23
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron at Hor the mountain, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 20:23, 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- at Horהֹרhor
Hor
Hor: a mountain on the border of Edom where Aaron died; also a mountain in the north. The name means "mountain."
Where else “hor” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
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Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
22And they set out from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, the whole community, came to Hor the mountain.
23 · This verse (above)
24“Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.