Leviticus 9:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְח֗וּ אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־פְּנֵ֖י אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yiqḥû ʾēt that ṣiwwāh Mōšeh to-front-of ʾōhel môʿēd wa-yiqrəbû all-the-ʿēdāh wa-yaʿamdû before YHWH

Grammar Details

*wa-yiqḥû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they took
*ʾēt*: direct object marker - [indicates following is direct object]
*ṣiwwāh*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he commanded
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾōhel*: masculine singular construct noun with prefixed preposition el-pəne - to the front of tent of
*môʿēd*: masculine singular noun - meeting/appointed time
*wa-yiqrəbû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came near
*ʿēdāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article and construct kol- - all the congregation/assembly
*wa-yaʿamdû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they stood
*YHWH*: divine name with prefixed preposition liphne - before YHWH

Word Meanings

*ʾōhel môʿēd*: tent of meeting/tabernacle of congregation
*ʿēdāh*: congregation/assembly/community

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:17 : 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Deut 31:12 : 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
1 Chr 15:3 : 3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
2 Chr 5:2-3 : 2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.
Neh 8:1 : 1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

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