Numbers 17:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the covenant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּנַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־הַמַּטֹּ֖ת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻֽת׃

Transliteration

And wayyanaḥ Mōšeh ʾēt-the-maṭṭōt before YHWH in-ʾōhel the-ʿēdût

Grammar Details

• *wayyanaḥ*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he laid
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *maṭṭōt*: noun, masculine plural - staffs
• *li-pnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *bə-*: preposition - in
• *ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular construct - tent of
• *ʿēdût*: noun, feminine singular - testimony

Word Meanings

• *wayyanaḥ*: laid/placed/deposited
• *maṭṭōt*: staffs/rods/tribes
• *ʾōhel ha-ʿēdût*: tent of testimony/tabernacle of witness