Numbers 16:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־קֹ֜רַח וְאֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדָתוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בֹּ֠קֶר וְיֹדַ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְאֶת־הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ וְהִקְרִ֣יב אֵלָ֑יו וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ יַקְרִ֥יב אֵלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And waydabbēr to-Qōraḥ and to-all-his-ʿădātô lēʾmōr, in-the-bōqer and yōdaʿ YHWH ʾet-who-belongs-to-him and ʾet-the-qādôš and wəhiqrîb to-him, and ʾēt whom he-yibḥar-in-him he-will-yaqrîb to-him

Grammar Details

• *waydabbēr*: waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he spoke
• *Qōraḥ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Korah
• *ʿădātô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his congregation/company
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
• *yōdaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will know/make known
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy one/sacred
• *wəhiqrîb*: waw-conjunctive + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will bring near
• *yibḥar*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will choose
• *yaqrîb*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will bring near

Word Meanings

• *bōqer*: morning/tomorrow morning
• *yōdaʿ*: will make known/will show
• *qādôš*: holy one/consecrated one
• *hiqrîb*: bring near/allow to approach
• *yibḥar*: chooses/selects

Referenced Verses

• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• Num 17:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
• Ps 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
• 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?
• Ps 105:26 : 26 He sent Moses his servant, [And] Aaron whom he had chosen.
• 1 Sam 2:28 : 28 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
• Exod 28:1 : 1 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
• Ezek 40:46 : 46 and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Jehovah to minister unto him.
• Ezek 44:15-16 : 15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah: 16 they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that {G5100} whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• Acts 1:2 : 2 until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
• Acts 1:24 : 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen,
• Acts 13:2 : 2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
• Acts 15:7 : 7 And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, {G435} Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
• Acts 22:14 : 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
• Eph 2:13 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
• 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 {G4771} {G3767} Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
• Exod 28:43 : 43 and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.
• Lev 8:2 : 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
• Lev 21:6-8 : 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.
• Lev 21:12-15 : 12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. 15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
• Isa 61:5-6 : 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners {H1121} shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and [having] a great priest over the house of God; 22 let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
• 1 Pet 2:5-9 : 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because {G2532} it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not {G3361} be put to shame. 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Rev 1:6 : 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, {G2532} [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.