Numbers 20:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וֽ͏ַיַּעֲלוּ֙ אֶל־הֹ֣ר הָהָ֔ר לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה

Transliteration

And-yaʿaś mōšeh as ṣiwwâ yəhwâ and-yaʿălû to-hōr the-hār before-eyes all-the-ʿēdâ

Grammar Details

*yaʿaś*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he did
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he commanded
*yəhwâ*: proper noun - the LORD
*yaʿălû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd plural - and they went up
*hōr*: proper noun - Hor
*hār*: masculine singular with definite article - the mountain
*ʿēdâ*: feminine singular with definite article - the congregation

Word Meanings

*yaʿaś*: did/made
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered
*yaʿălû*: went up/ascended
*hōr* the-*hār*: Mount Hor/Hor the mountain
*ʿēdâ*: congregation/assembly

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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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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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