Numbers 9:1

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Numbers 9:1, word by word

And 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.

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spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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to 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).

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in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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of Sinaiסִינַיsinay

Sinai

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in the secondשֵּׁנִיתshenit

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

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yearשָּׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

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after they came outצֵאתָtseta

go out

To go out of a place.

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of the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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in the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

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monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Translation note

This Passover is the one of the first month of the second year, one month before the census of chapter 1: it is the first one celebrated after leaving Egypt.

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