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but your servantsוַעֲבָדֶיךָwill cross over,יַעַבְרוּeveryכָּלarmed manחֲלוּץof the army,צָבָאbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהto the war,לַמִּלְחָמָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרmy lordאֲדֹנִיsays.”דֹּבֵר
Numbers 32:27
Study it in the app“but your servants will cross over, every armed man of the army, before YHWH to the war, as my lord says.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:27, word by word
- but your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- will cross overיַעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- armed manחֲלוּץchaluts
arm
To get ready for war.
Where else “chaluts” appears- of the armyצָבָאtsava
war
War, going out to fight.
Where else “tsava” 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- to the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- saysדֹּבֵרdover
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appears
The context
26Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals shall be there in the cities of Gilead,
27 · This verse (above)
28So Moses gave orders concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel.