Deuteronomy 32:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֻ֗ת בָּהָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ עֹלֶ֣ה שָׁ֔מָּה וְהֵאָסֵ֖ף אֶל־עַמֶּ֑יךָ כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר־מֵ֞ת אַהֲרֹ֤ן אָחִ֙יךָ֙ בְּהֹ֣ר הָהָ֔ר וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

And-mut in-hāhar ʾăšer you ʿōleh there and-hēʾāsēp to-ʿammeykā kaʾăšer-mēt ʾAhărōn ʾāḥîkā in-Hōr hāhār and-wayyēʾāsep to-ʿammâw.

Grammar Details

*mut*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - die
*hāhar*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the mountain
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʿōleh*: Qal participle, masculine singular - going up
*hēʾāsēp*: Niphal imperative, masculine singular - be gathered
*ʿammeykā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your peoples
*kaʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - just as/according to
*mēt*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - died
*ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
*ʾāḥîkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother
*Hōr*: proper noun - Hor
*hāhār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the mountain
*wayyēʾāsep*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and was gathered
*ʿammâw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his peoples

Word Meanings

*mut*: die/perish
*ʿōleh*: going up/ascending
*hēʾāsēp*: be gathered/be joined/be collected
*ʿammeykā*: your peoples/your kinsmen/your ancestors
*mēt*: died/expired/passed away
*wayyēʾāsep*: and was gathered/and was joined/and was collected

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:8 : 8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
Num 33:38 : 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
Dan 12:13 : 13 But go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and shalt stand in thy lot, at the end of the days.
Gen 15:15 : 15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 25:17 : 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people.
Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Num 20:24-29 : 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor; 26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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