Numbers 14:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֛ה אַתֶּ֥ם עֹבְרִ֖ים אֶת־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א תִצְלָֽח

Transliteration

And-yōʾmer Mōšeh why this you ʿōberîm ʾet-pî YHWH and-it not tiṣlāḥ

Grammar Details

*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he said
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʿōberîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - transgressing/crossing
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*pî*: masculine singular construct - mouth/command of
*YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
*tiṣlāḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will succeed

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: said/spoke
*ʿōberîm*: transgressing/violating/disobeying
*pî*: mouth/command/word
*tiṣlāḥ*: succeed/prosper/accomplish

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 24:20 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.
Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Jer 2:37 : 37 From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
Jer 32:5 : 5 and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
Num 14:25 : 25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

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