And these areוְאֵלֶּהthe generationsתּוֹלְדֹתof Aaronאַהֲרֹןand Mosesוּמֹשֶׁהon the dayבְּיוֹםYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרwith Mosesאֶת מֹשֶׁהon MountבְּהַרSinai.סִינָי
Numbers 3:1
Study it in the app“And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses on the day YHWH spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:1, word by word
- the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתtoldot
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldot” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and 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- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- on Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Sinaiסִינָיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears
Places in this verse
Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.