Exodus 32:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־לֵוִ֖י כִּדְבַ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מִן־הָעָם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא כִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אַלְפֵ֖י אִֽישׁ׃

Transliteration

And-wayya'asu bene-Lewi according to-devar Mosheh and-wayyipol from-the-'am in-the-yom the-hu about-three 'alfei 'ish.

Grammar Details

*wayya'asu*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd common plural - did/performed
*bene*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Lewi*: proper noun - Levi
*devar*: noun, masculine singular construct - word of
*Mosheh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*wayyipol*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - fell
*'am*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*yom*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
*hu*: pronoun, masculine singular - that
*'alfei*: noun, masculine plural construct - thousands of
*'ish*: noun, masculine singular - man/men

Word Meanings

*wayya'asu*: did/performed/carried out
*wayyipol*: fell/were killed/died

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Referenced Verses

Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.
Mal 2:4-6 : 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
Num 16:32-35 : 32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35 And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
Num 16:41 : 41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 32:26-27
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