Numbers 16:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֣קָם מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־דָּתָ֣ן וַאֲבִירָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ אַחֲרָ֖יו זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyāqām Mōšeh and wayyēlek to-Dātān and-ʾĂbîrām, and wayyēləkû after-him ziqnê Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wayyāqām*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he rose
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*wayyēlek*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
*Dātān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Dathan
*ʾĂbîrām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abiram
*wayyēləkû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went
*ziqnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - elders of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:16-17 : 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Num 11:25 : 25 And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
Num 11:30 : 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

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