Numbers 5:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp; as Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְשַׁלְּח֣וּ אוֹתָ֔ם אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֥ן עָשׂ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyaʿăśû-so bənê Yiśrāʾēl and wayšalləḥû ʾôtām to-outside to-the-maḥăneh as-which dibbēr YHWH to-Mōšeh so ʿāśû bənê Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wayyaʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they did
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular
*wayšalləḥû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they sent away
*ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*maḥăneh*: masculine singular with definite article - the camp
*dibbēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke/had spoken
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʿāśû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did/acted

Word Meanings

*wayyaʿăśû*: they did/performed/acted
*wayšalləḥû*: they sent away/expelled/dismissed
*dibbēr*: spoke/commanded/ordered
*ʿāśû*: did/performed/executed

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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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