Numbers 30:1

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Numbers 30:1, word by word

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).

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spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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to the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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of the tribesמַּטּוֹתmatot

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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of the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the thingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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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.

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has commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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Translation note

In the Hebrew Bible this chapter begins one verse earlier, so there its verses run from 2 to 17.

The context