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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהspokeיְדַבֵּרto Mosesאֶל מֹשֶׁהin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Sinai,סִינַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Numbers 3:14
Study it in the app“And YHWH spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:14, word by word
- And 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- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Sinaiסִינַיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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
13For every firstborn is mine; on the day I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to myself every firstborn in Israel, both of human beings and of animals; they shall be mine. I am YHWH.”
14 · This verse (above)
15“Count the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall count.”