“Our fatherאָבִינוּdiedמֵתin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרand heוְהוּאwas notלֹא הָיָהamongבְּתוֹךְthe communityהָעֵדָהof those who gathered togetherהַנּוֹעָדִיםagainst YHWHעַל יְהוָהin the communityבַּעֲדַתof Korah,קֹרַחbutכִּיin his own sinבְחֶטְאוֹhe died,מֵתand he hadהָיוּ לוֹnoלֹאsons.וּבָנִים
Numbers 27:3
Study it in the app““Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the community of those who gathered together against YHWH in the community of Korah, but in his own sin he died, and he had no sons.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 27:3, word by word
- “Our fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- diedמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- was notהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- of those who gathered togetherנּוֹעָדִיםnoadim
gather
For several to gather together, sometimes to act against someone.
Where else “noadim” appears- against 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- of Korahקֹרַחkorach
Korah
Korah, the name of a son of Esau and Oholibamah and of other Edomites and Israelites, among them the Levite who rebelled against Moses (Numbers 16).
Where else “korach” appears- in his own sinחֶטְאchet
offense, sin
Offense, sin; its penalty.
Where else “chet” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears
The context
2They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and the whole community, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,
3 · This verse (above)
4Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family because he has no son? Give us a possession among the brothers of our father.”