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But ifוְאִםyou do notלֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּןso,כֵּןlook,הִנֵּהyou have sinnedחֲטָאתֶםagainst YHWH;לַיהוָהand knowוּדְעוּthatאֲשֶׁרyour sinחַטַּאתְכֶםwill findתִּמְצָאyou.אֶתְכֶם
Numbers 32:23
Study it in the app“But if you do not do so, look, you have sinned against YHWH; and know that your sin will find you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:23, word by word
- doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- you have sinnedחֲטָאתֶםchatatem
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatatem” appears- against YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- and knowדְעוּdeu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “deu” appears- your sinחַטַּאתְchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- will findתִּמְצָאtimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsa” appears
The context
22and the land is subdued before YHWH, then afterward you shall return and be innocent before YHWH and before Israel; and this land shall be yours as a possession before YHWH.
23 · This verse (above)
24Build for yourselves cities for your little ones and pens for your sheep, and what has come out of your mouth do.”