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YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses:אֶל מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 31:25
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With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 31:25, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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
The context
24And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”
25 · This verse (above)
26“Take the count of the plunder of the captives, of people and of animals, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the community.