Numbers 20:24

““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.”

Numbers 20:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 20:24, word by word

“Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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shall be gatheredיֵאָסֵףyeasef

join ancestors

To die and be placed with one's own who have died before.

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his peopleעַמָּיamay

kin

Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.

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enterיָבֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

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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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to the sonsבְנֵיvene

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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you rebelled againstמְרִיתֶםmeritem

rebel

Rebel, resist what is commanded.

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my commandפִּpi

command

Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.

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at the watersמֵיme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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of Meribahמְרִיבָהmeriva

Meribah

Meribah, "quarrel": the name of two places where Israel quarreled over water, one at Rephidim (Exodus 17:7) and one at Kadesh (Numbers 20:13).

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Translation note

“Being gathered to one’s people” is the way of saying that someone dies and goes to join his ancestors (Genesis 25:8).

The context

23And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron at Hor the mountain, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,

24 · This verse (above)

25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up Hor the mountain,

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