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“May YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the spiritsהָרוּחֹתof allלְכָלflesh,בָּשָׂרappointיִפְקֹדa manאִישׁoverעַלthe community,הָעֵדָה
Numbers 27:16
Study it in the app““May YHWH, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 27:16, word by word
- “May 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the spiritsרוּחֹתruchot
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruchot” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- appointיִפְקֹדyifkod
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “yifkod” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears
The context
15Moses spoke to YHWH, saying,
16 · This verse (above)
17who will go out before them and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out and who will bring them in, so that the community of YHWH may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”