It will beוְהָיְתָהfor himלּוֹand for his offspringוּלְזַרְעוֹafter himאַחֲרָיוa covenantבְּרִיתof priesthoodכְּהֻנַּתforever,עוֹלָםbecauseתַּחַת אֲשֶׁרhe was jealousקִנֵּאfor his Elohimלֵאלֹהָיוand made expiationוַיְכַפֵּרforעַלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 25:13
Study it in the app“It will be for him and for his offspring after him a covenant of priesthood forever, because he was jealous for his Elohim and made expiation for the sons of Israel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 25:13, word by word
- It will beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- and for his offspringזַרְעzar
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of priesthoodכְּהֻנַּתkehunat
priesthood
Priesthood: the office of a priest.
Where else “kehunat” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- he was jealousקִנֵּאkine
be zealous
To burn with zeal for something, as YHWH for his people.
Where else “kine” appears- for his Elohimאלֹהָיlohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohay” appears- and made expiationיְכַפֵּרyechaper
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yechaper” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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
The context
12Therefore say: Look, I am giving him my covenant of peace.
13 · This verse (above)
14The name of the man of Israel who was struck, who was struck with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, chief of a fathers’ house of the Simeonites.