Numbers 11:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥א אַתָּ֖ה לִ֑י וּמִ֨י יִתֵּ֜ן כָּל־עַ֤ם יְהוָה֙ נְבִיאִ֔ים כִּי־יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־רוּח֖וֹ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer to-him mōšeh: ?-məqannēʾ you for-me? And who yittēn all-ʿam YHWH nəbîʾîm that-yittēn YHWH ʾet-rûḥô upon-them.

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect third person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*məqannēʾ*: piel participle masculine singular - jealous/zealous
*yittēn*: qal imperfect third person masculine singular - he would give
*ʿam*: masculine singular construct noun - people of
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*nəbîʾîm*: masculine plural noun - prophets
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*rûḥô*: feminine singular noun with third person masculine singular suffix - his spirit

Word Meanings

*məqannēʾ*: jealous/zealous/envious
*yittēn*: would give/grant/allow

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 14:5 : 5 Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except {G3361} he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
Jas 5:9 : 9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Phil 1:15-18 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 16 the one [do it] of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel; 17 but the other {G3303} proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds. 18 What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein {G1722} I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Phil 2:3 : 3 [ doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind {G2233} each counting other better than himself;
Jas 3:14-15 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Jas 4:5 : 5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Luke 10:2 : 2 And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul [said], I would {G302} to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, {G2532} might {G1722} become such as I am, except these bonds.
1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?
1 Cor 3:21 : 21 Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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