Numbers 16:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near 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 to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
• Num 17:5 : 5 And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.
• Ps 65:4 : 4 Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
• Num 16:3 : 3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
• Ps 105:26 : 26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection.
• 1 Sam 2:28 : 28 Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?
• Exod 28:1 : 1 Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
• Ezek 40:46 : 46 And the room facing north is for the priests who have the care of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who, from among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord to do the work of his house.
• Ezek 44:15-16 : 15 But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord; 16 They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
• John 15:16 : 16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
• Acts 1:2 : 2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:
• Acts 1:24 : 24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
• Acts 13:2 : 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
• Acts 15:7 : 7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
• Acts 22:14 : 14 And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.
• Eph 2:13 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
• 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus. 4 A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
• Exod 28:43 : 43 Aaron and his sons are to put these on whenever they go into the Tent of meeting or come near the altar, when they are doing the work of the holy place, so that they may be free from any sin causing death: this is to be an order for him and his seed after him for ever.
• Lev 8:2 : 2 Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;
• Lev 21:6-8 : 6 Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy. 7 They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God. 8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
• Lev 21:12-15 : 12 He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord. 13 And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man. 14 A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people. 15 And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
• Isa 61:5-6 : 5 And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers. 6 But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a great priest over the house of God, 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
• 1 Pet 2:5-9 : 5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame. 7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building; 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God. 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation, 10 And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.