Study it in the app“Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of YHWH and died there, in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.”
Aaronאַהֲרֹןthe priestהַכֹּהֵןwent upוַיַּעַלto Mount Horאֶל הֹר הָהָרat the commandעַל פִּיof YHWHיְהוָהand diedוַיָּמָתthere,שָׁםin the fortiethבִּ הָאַרְבָּעִיםyearשְׁנַתafter the sonsלְ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcame outצֵאתof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםin the fifthבַּ הַחֲמִישִׁיmonth,חֹדֶשׁon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the month.לַחֹדֶשׁ
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsHor
Hor: a mountain on the border of Edom where Aaron died; also a mountain in the north. The name means "mountain."
Where else “hor” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearscommand
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pi” appearsYHWH
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” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsfifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsfirst
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.
38 · This verse (above)
39Aaron was a hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
