Numbers 30:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

These are the statutes the LORD commanded Moses concerning relationships between a husband and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while she is young and living in her father’s household.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה הֽ͏ַחֻקִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ לְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ בֵּֽין־אָ֣ב לְבִתּ֔וֹ בִּנְעֻרֶ֖יהָ בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיהָ׃ פ

Transliteration

ʾēlleh ha-ḥuqqîm ʾăšer ṣiwwāh YHWH ʾet-Mōšeh bên ʾîš lə-ʾištô bên-ʾāḇ lə-ḇittô bi-nʿurêhā bêt ʾāḇîhā

Grammar Details

• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
• *ha-ḥuqqîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the statutes
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which
• *ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect, 3rd masc sing - commanded
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masc sing - Moses
• *bên*: preposition - between
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *lə-ʾištô*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd masc sing suffix - to his wife
• *ʾāḇ*: masculine singular noun - father
• *lə-ḇittô*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd masc sing suffix - to his daughter
• *bi-nʿurêhā*: preposition + feminine plural noun + 3rd fem sing suffix - in her youth
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *ʾāḇîhā*: masculine singular noun + 3rd fem sing suffix - her father

Word Meanings

• *ha-ḥuqqîm*: the statutes/decrees/laws
• *ṣiwwāh*: commanded/ordered/instructed
• *bên*: between/among
• *ʾîš*: man/husband
• *lə-ʾištô*: to his wife/woman
• *ʾāḇ*: father/head of household
• *lə-ḇittô*: to his daughter/female child
• *bi-nʿurêhā*: in her youth/adolescence/young age
• *bêt*: house/household of

Other Translations

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These are the laws which the Lord gave Moses in relation to a man and his wife, or a father and a young daughter who is under his authority.