Numbers 12:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they said, Hath Jehovah indeed spoken only with Moses? hath he not spoken also with us? And Jehovah heard it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ הֲרַ֤ק אַךְ־בְּמֹשֶׁה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲלֹ֖א גַּם־בָּ֣נוּ דִבֵּ֑ר וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Wayyōʾmərū hăraq ʾak-bə-Mōšeh dibbēr YHWH hălōʾ gam-bānū dibbēr wayyišmaʿ YHWH

Grammar Details

• *Wayyōʾmərū*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - 'and they said'
• *hăraq*: interrogative particle + adverb - 'is it only'
• *ʾak*: restrictive particle - 'only/surely'
• *bə-Mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun - 'through Moses'
• *dibbēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he spoke'
• *YHWH*: proper noun - 'the LORD'
• *hălōʾ*: interrogative particle + negative - 'has not'
• *gam*: adverb - 'also'
• *bānū*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - 'through us'
• *wayyišmaʿ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he heard'

Word Meanings

• *hăraq*: is it only/has only
• *ʾak*: only/surely/indeed
• *dibbēr*: spoken/communicated

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:1 : 1 And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
• Num 16:3 : 3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?
• Isa 37:4 : 4 It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
• Ezek 35:12-13 : 12 And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour. 13 And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
• Mic 6:4 : 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
• 2 Kgs 19:4 : 4 It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
• Ps 94:7-9 : 7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
• Prov 13:10 : 10 By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.
• Rom 12:3 : 3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think {G1519} soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
• Phil 2:3 : 3 [ doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind {G2233} each counting other better than himself;
• Phil 2:14 : 14 Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
• 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.
• Num 11:29 : 29 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!
• Gen 29:33 : 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
• Exod 4:30 : 30 and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
• Exod 5:1 : 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
• Exod 7:10 : 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
• Exod 15:20-21 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.