“Aaronאַהֲרֹןshall be gatheredיֵאָסֵףtoאֶלhis people;עַמָּיוforכִּיhe shall notלֹאenterיָבֹאthe landאֶל הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI have givenנָתַתִּיto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלbecauseעַל אֲשֶׁרyou rebelled againstמְרִיתֶםmy commandאֶת פִּיat the watersלְמֵיof Meribah.מְרִיבָה
Numbers 20:24
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “aharon” appears- shall be gatheredיֵאָסֵףyeasef
join ancestors
To die and be placed with one's own who have died before.
Where else “yeasef” appears- his peopleעַמָּיamay
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “amay” appears- enterיָבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” 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- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- you rebelled againstמְרִיתֶםmeritem
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “meritem” appears- my commandפִּpi
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pi” appears- at the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- 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).
Where else “meriva” appears
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,