Numbers 17:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so did he.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֣ח אֶת־הַ֠מַּחְתָּה וְתֶן־עָלֶ֨יהָ אֵ֜שׁ מֵעַ֤ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ וְשִׂ֣ים קְטֹ֔רֶת וְהוֹלֵ֧ךְ מְהֵרָ֛ה אֶל־הָעֵדָ֖ה וְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יָצָ֥א הַקֶּ֛צֶף מִלִּפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנָּֽגֶף׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Mōšeh to-ʾAharōn qaḥ ʾēt-the-maḥtāh and-ten-upon-it ʾēš from-upon the-mizbēaḥ and-śîm qəṭōret and-hôlēk məhērāh to-the-ʿēdāh and-kappēr upon-them because-yāṣāʾ the-qeṣep from-before-YHWH hēḥēl the-nāgep

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*ʾAharōn*: proper noun - Aaron
*qaḥ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - take
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*maḥtāh*: noun, feminine singular - firepan/censer
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ten*: qal imperative, masculine singular - put/place
*ʿal*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*mēʿal*: preposition - from upon
*mizbēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
*śîm*: qal imperative, masculine singular - put/place
*qəṭōret*: noun, feminine singular - incense
*hôlēk*: qal imperative, masculine singular - go/bring
*məhērāh*: adverb - quickly/hastily
*ʿēdāh*: noun, feminine singular - assembly/congregation
*kappēr*: piel imperative, masculine singular - make atonement
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*yāṣāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has gone out
*qeṣep*: noun, masculine singular - wrath/anger
*millipnê*: preposition + preposition + construct - from before
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*hēḥēl*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has begun
*nāgep*: noun, masculine singular - plague

Word Meanings

*maḥtāh*: censer/firepan/fire-holder
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*qəṭōret*: incense/fragrant offering
*hôlēk*: go/bring/carry
*məhērāh*: quickly/hastily/at once
*kappēr*: make atonement/cover/expiate
*qeṣep*: wrath/anger/indignation
*nāgep*: plague/blow/slaughter

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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