Numbers 32:20

“Moses said to them, “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before YHWH for the war,”

Numbers 32:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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for the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

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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,

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