Study it in the app“And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against YHWH and against you. Pray to YHWH, that he may take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.”
And the peopleוַ הָעָםcameיָּבֹאtoאֶלMosesמֹשֶׁהand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We have sinned,חָטָאנוּforכִּיwe have spokenדִבַּרְנוּagainst YHWHבַיהוָהandוָagainst you.בָךְPrayהִתְפַּלֵּלtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהthat he may take awayוְיָסֵרthe serpentsאֶת הַנָּחָשׁfromמֵus.”עָלֵינוּSo Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהprayedיִּתְפַּלֵּלforבְּעַדthe people.הָעָם
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsMoses
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarnu” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearspray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “hitpalel” appearsremove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “yaser” appearsserpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears6Then YHWH sent among the people the fiery serpents, and they bit the people, and many people of Israel died.
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8And YHWH said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
