Numbers 20:28

“And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.”

Numbers 20:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 20:28, word by word

And 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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strippedיַּפְשֵׁטyafshet

strip

To take off clothes, or strip another.

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Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

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

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of his garmentsבְּגָדָיbegaday

garment

A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.

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and put themיַּלְבֵּשׁyalbesh

clothe

To put clothes on someone else, sometimes as an honor or a help.

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on Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar

Eleazar

Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.

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his sonבְּנben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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diedיָּמָתyamat

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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on the topרֹאשׁrosh

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

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of the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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came downיֵּרֶדyered

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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The context

27So Moses did as YHWH had commanded, and they went up Hor the mountain before the eyes of all the community.

28 · This verse (above)

29And all the community saw that Aaron had expired, and they wept for Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel.

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