Numbers 14:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֶֽל־כָּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֥וּ הָעָ֖ם מְאֹֽד

Transliteration

And-yedabbēr Mōšeh ʾet-the-debārîm the-these to-all-benê Yiśrāʾēl and-yitʾabbelû the-ʿām meʾōd

Grammar Details

*yedabbēr*: piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*debārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - words/things
*benê*: masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*yitʾabbelû*: hithpael imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural - they mourned
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - people
*meʾōd*: adverb - very much/exceedingly

Word Meanings

*yedabbēr*: spoke/said/declared
*debārîm*: words/matters/things
*benê*: sons/children/descendants
*yitʾabbelû*: mourned/grieved
*ʿām*: people/nation/folk
*meʾōd*: greatly/exceedingly/very much

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Exod 33:4 : 4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
Isa 26:16 : 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.
Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Heb 12:17 : 17 For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind [in his father], though he sought it diligently with tears.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 34:8
79%
8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
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40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.
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78%
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77%
1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
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Num 14:5-6
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5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
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76%
1And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
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Exod 6:9-10
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76%
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Num 14:26-27
2 verses
76%
26And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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Exod 14:11
75%
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Num 14:36-38
3 verses
75%
36And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
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Num 14:29
74%
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Num 26:3
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Num 27:15
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15And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,
Exod 14:1
74%
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Num 16:41
74%
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Deut 31:14
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Josh 5:6
73%
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Exod 19:7
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Deut 1:3
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Num 26:65
73%
65For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Num 34:16
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16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 25:10
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10And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 16:11
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11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 26:52
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Exod 16:2
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Exod 14:15
72%
15And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.
Josh 1:2
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Lev 24:13
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13And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,