Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Ifאִםyou doתַּעֲשׂוּןthisהַזֶּהthing,הַדָּבָרifאִםyou arm yourselvesתֵּחָלְצוּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהfor the war,לַמִּלְחָמָה
Numbers 32:20
Study it in the app“Moses said to them, “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before YHWH for the war,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:20, 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you doתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- you arm yourselvesתֵּחָלְצוּtechaltsu
arm
To get ready for war.
Where else “techaltsu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- for the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan, to the east.”
20 · This verse (above)
21and every armed man of you crosses the Jordan before YHWH until he has dispossessed his enemies from before him,