Numbers 27:12

“YHWH said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land that I have given to the sons of Israel.”

Numbers 27:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 27:12, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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 “yehva” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to 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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“Go upעֲלֵהale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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to this mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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of Abarimעֲבָרִיםavarim

Abarim

Abarim, a mountain range east of the Jordan facing Jericho, from which Moses saw the land. The name means "regions beyond."

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and seeרְאֵהree

see

To see with one's eyes.

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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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The context

11And if there are no brothers of his father, you shall give his inheritance to his relative who is nearest to him from his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the sons of Israel a statute of justice, as YHWH commanded Moses.”

12 · This verse (above)

13When you have seen it, you too shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;

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