Verse 21

{ "verseID": "Numbers.17.21", "source": "וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו ׀ כָּֽל־נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃", "text": "And *wə-* *dabbēr* *Mōšeh* to-*bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl* and *wayyittənû* to-him all-*nəśîʾêhem* *maṭṭeh* for-*nāśîʾ* *ʾeḥād* *maṭṭeh* for-*nāśîʾ* *ʾeḥād* for-*bêt* *ʾăbōtām* *šənêm* *ʿāśār* *maṭṭôt* and-*maṭṭēh* *ʾAharōn* in-*tôk* *maṭṭôtām*", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*dabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke", "*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*wayyittənû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they gave", "*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of", "*nəśîʾêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their leaders", "*maṭṭeh*": "noun, masculine singular - staff", "*lə-nāśîʾ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for leader", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral, masculine singular - one", "*maṭṭeh*": "noun, masculine singular - staff", "*lə-nāśîʾ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for leader", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral, masculine singular - one", "*lə-bêt*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - for house of", "*ʾăbōtām*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers", "*šənêm*": "numeral, masculine dual - two", "*ʿāśār*": "numeral, masculine singular - ten", "*maṭṭôt*": "noun, masculine plural - staffs", "*û-maṭṭēh*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and staff of", "*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron", "*bə-tôk*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in midst of", "*maṭṭôtām*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their staffs" }, "variants": { "*dabbēr*": "spoke/said/addressed", "*nəśîʾêhem*": "their leaders/their chiefs/their princes", "*maṭṭeh*": "staff/rod/tribe", "*nāśîʾ*": "leader/chief/prince", "*lə-bêt ʾăbōtām*": "for their ancestral houses/for their fathers' houses", "*tôk*": "midst/middle/among" } }

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