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He laidוַיִּסְמֹךְhis handsיָדָיוon himעָלָיוand gave him orders,וַיְצַוֵּהוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad spokenדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדMoses.מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 27:23
Study it in the app“He laid his hands on him and gave him orders, as YHWH had spoken through Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 27:23, word by word
- He laidיִּסְמֹךְyismoch
lay on
To rest a hand on an animal or person.
Where else “yismoch” appears- his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- and gave him ordersיְצַוֵּyetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appears- 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- had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears
The context
22Moses did as YHWH had commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.
23 · This verse (above)