“Speakדַּבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר‘If any manאִישׁ אִישׁ כִּיof youלָכֶםorאוֹof your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםisיִהְיֶהuncleanטָמֵאthrough a corpse,לָנֶפֶשׁorאוֹon a distantרְחֹקָהׄjourney,בְדֶרֶךְhe shall still keepוְעָשָׂהthe Passoverפֶסַחto YHWH.לַיהוָה
Numbers 9:10
Study it in the app““Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any man of you or of your generations is unclean through a corpse, or on a distant journey, he shall still keep the Passover to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 9:10, word by word
- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘If any manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears- isיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- through a corpseנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- on a distantרְחֹקָהׄrechoka
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechoka” appears- journeyדֶרֶךְderech
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appears- he shall still keepעָשָׂהasa
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asa” appears- the Passoverפֶסַחfesach
Passover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “fesach” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears
The context
9And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
10 · This verse (above)
11In the second month, on the fourteenth day, at twilight, they shall keep it; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.