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And Aaronוַ אַהֲרֹןdidיַּעַשׂso:כֵּןhe litהֶעֱלָהits lampsנֵרֹתֶיהָtoward the frontאֶל מוּל פְּנֵיof the lampstand,הַמְּנוֹרָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 8:3
Study it in the app“And Aaron did so: he lit its lamps toward the front of the lampstand, as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 8:3, word by word
- And Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- he litהֶעֱלָהheela
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “heela” appears- its lampsנֵרֹתֶיnerote
lamp
Lamp: a vessel with oil and a wick; also light.
Where else “nerote” appears- toward the frontמוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- toward the frontפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the lampstandמְּנוֹרָהmenora
lampstand
Lampstand: a stand with branches for the lamps; in Hebrew, "menorah".
Where else “menora” 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- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- 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
The context
2“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light toward the front of the lampstand.’”
3 · This verse (above)
4And this was the workmanship of the lampstand: hammered work of gold; from its base to its blossoms it was hammered work. According to the vision that YHWH had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.