Numbers 11:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָרַדְתִּ֗י וְדִבַּרְתִּ֣י עִמְּךָ֮ שָׁם֒ וְאָצַלְתִּ֗י מִן־הָר֛וּחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלֶ֖יךָ וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְנָשְׂא֤וּ אִתְּךָ֙ בְּמַשָּׂ֣א הָעָ֔ם וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א אַתָּ֖ה לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

wə-yāradtî and dibbartî with-you šām, and ʾāṣaltî from-the-rûaḥ which upon-you and śamtî upon-them; and nāśʾû with-you in-maśśāʾ the-ʿam, and not-tiśśāʾ you alone.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yāradtî*: conjunction + qal perfect first person singular - and I will come down
• *dibbartî*: piel perfect first person singular - I will speak
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *ʾāṣaltî*: qal perfect first person singular - I will take/separate/reserve
• *rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - spirit/breath/wind
• *śamtî*: qal perfect first person singular - I will put/place
• *nāśʾû*: qal perfect third person plural - they will bear/carry
• *maśśāʾ*: masculine singular construct noun - burden/load
• *ʿam*: masculine singular noun - people
• *tiśśāʾ*: qal imperfect second person masculine singular - you will bear/carry

Word Meanings

• *ʾāṣaltî*: take away/withdraw/separate/reserve
• *rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind/mind
• *maśśāʾ*: burden/load/carrying/lifting

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:25 : 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.
• 1 Sam 10:6 : 6 And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.
• 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.
• 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.
• Rom 8:9 : 9 You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.
• 1 Cor 12:4-9 : 4 Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all. 7 But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good. 8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit: 9 To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit; 10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues: 11 But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
• 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
• Isa 59:20-21 : 20 And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord. 21 And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
• Jude 1:19 : 19 These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.
• Neh 9:20 : 20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
• Num 12:5 : 5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.
• Gen 11:5 : 5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
• Exod 18:22 : 22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.
• Exod 19:20 : 20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
• Exod 34:5 : 5 And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord.
• Exod 19:11 : 11 And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.
• Gen 17:3 : 3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
• Gen 17:22 : 22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.
• Gen 18:20-22 : 20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil, 21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see. 22 And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
• Gen 18:33 : 33 And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.
• Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
• Num 27:18 : 18 And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.
• John 3:13 : 13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
• John 7:39 : 39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.
• Acts 6:3-4 : 3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business. 4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
• 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.