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Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןwas a hundred twenty-threeשָׁלֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמְאַתyearsשָׁנָהoldבֶּןwhen he diedבְּמֹתוֹon Mount Hor.בְּהֹר הָהָר
Numbers 33:39
Study it in the app“Aaron was a hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:39, word by word
- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- was a hundred twenty-threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- was a hundred twenty-threeעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- was a hundred twenty-threeמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- when he diedמֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- on Mount Horהֹרhor
Hor
Hor: a mountain on the border of Edom where Aaron died; also a mountain in the north. The name means "mountain."
Where else “hor” appears- on Mount Horהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
The context
38Aaron 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.
39 · This verse (above)
40The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel.