Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרthe priestהַכֹּהֵןsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the menאֶל אַנְשֵׁיof the armyהַצָּבָאwho had goneהַבָּאִיםto the war,לַמִּלְחָמָה“This isזֹאתthe statuteחֻקַּתof the instructionהַתּוֹרָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהcommandedצִוָּהMoses:מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 31:21
Study it in the app“Eleazar the priest said to the men of the army who had gone to the war, “This is the statute of the instruction that YHWH commanded Moses:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:21, word by word
- Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar
Eleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of the armyצָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- who had goneבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- to the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- the statuteחֻקַּתchukat
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukat” appears- of the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” 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- commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” 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
20And every garment, and every article of skin, and every work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood, you shall purify.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,