Num 14:28-35 : 28 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.28",
"source": "אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃",
"text": "*ʾĕmōr ʾălēhem ḥay-ʾănî nəʾum-YHWH ʾim-lōʾ kaʾăšer dibbartem bəʾoznāy kēn ʾeʿĕśeh lākem*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕmōr*": "imperative, masculine singular, Qal form of *ʾmr* - say",
"*ʾălēhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*ḥay*": "masculine singular adjective - living/alive",
"*ʾănî*": "1st singular personal pronoun - I",
"*nəʾum*": "masculine singular construct - declaration of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton",
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conditional particle + negative (oath formula for affirmative statement) - surely",
"*kaʾăšer*": "compound preposition - according to what/as",
"*dibbartem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Piel form of *dbr* - you have spoken",
"*bəʾoznāy*": "preposition + feminine dual noun + 1st singular suffix - in my ears",
"*kēn*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "imperfect, 1st singular, Qal form of *ʿśh* - I will do",
"*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕmōr ʾălēhem*": "say to them/tell them",
"*ḥay-ʾănî nəʾum-YHWH*": "as I live, says YHWH/as surely as I live, declaration of YHWH",
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "surely/certainly/indeed (oath formula)",
"*kaʾăšer dibbartem bəʾoznāy*": "as you have spoken in my ears/just as you have said in my hearing",
"*kēn ʾeʿĕśeh lākem*": "so will I do to you/thus I will act toward you"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.29",
"source": "בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַ֠זֶּה יִפְּל֨וּ פִגְרֵיכֶ֜ם וְכָל־פְּקֻדֵיכֶם֙ לְכָל־מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם עָלָֽי׃",
"text": "*bammidbār hazzeh yippəlû pigrêkem wə-kol-pəqudêkem lə-kol-misparkem mibben ʿeśrîm šānāh wāmāʿlāh ʾăšer hălînōtem ʿālāy*",
"grammar": {
"*bammidbār*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the wilderness",
"*hazzeh*": "definite article + masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this",
"*yippəlû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, Qal form of *npl* - they will fall",
"*pigrêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your corpses",
"*wə-kol*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct - and all of",
"*pəqudêkem*": "masculine plural passive participle + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your numbered ones",
"*lə-kol*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - according to all of",
"*misparkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your count/number",
"*mibben*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - from son of",
"*ʿeśrîm*": "cardinal number - twenty",
"*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year",
"*wāmāʿlāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and upward",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/that",
"*hălînōtem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Hiphil form of *lwn* - you have murmured",
"*ʿālāy*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me"
},
"variants": {
"*yippəlû pigrêkem*": "your carcasses shall fall/your dead bodies will fall/your corpses will drop",
"*pəqudêkem*": "your numbered ones/those who were counted/those registered",
"*lə-kol-misparkem*": "according to your whole number/by your full count",
"*mibben ʿeśrîm šānāh wāmāʿlāh*": "from twenty years old and upward/from the age of twenty and above",
"*hălînōtem ʿālāy*": "you have murmured against me/you have complained against me"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.30",
"source": "אִם־אַתֶּם֙ תָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּ֑הּ כִּ֚י אִם־כָּלֵ֣ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃",
"text": "*ʾim-ʾattem tābōʾû ʾel-hāʾāreṣ ʾăšer nāśāʾtî ʾet-yādî ləšakkēn ʾetkem bāh kî ʾim-kālēb ben-yəpunneh wîhôšuaʿ bin-nûn*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle (in negative oath) - if",
"*ʾattem*": "2nd masculine plural personal pronoun - you",
"*tābōʾû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *bwʾ* - you will come/enter",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to/into",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the land",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*nāśāʾtî*": "perfect, 1st singular, Qal form of *nśʾ* - I lifted up",
"*ʾet-yādî*": "direct object marker + feminine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my hand",
"*ləšakkēn*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct of *škn* - to settle/cause to dwell",
"*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you",
"*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it",
"*kî ʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - but/except",
"*kālēb*": "proper noun - Caleb",
"*ben*": "masculine singular construct - son of",
"*yəpunneh*": "proper noun - Jephunneh",
"*wîhôšuaʿ*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Joshua",
"*bin*": "masculine singular construct - son of",
"*nûn*": "proper noun - Nun"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾim-ʾattem tābōʾû*": "you shall not enter/you will not come (oath formula)",
"*nāśāʾtî ʾet-yādî*": "I lifted up my hand/I swore (gesture of oath-taking)",
"*ləšakkēn ʾetkem bāh*": "to cause you to dwell in it/to settle you in it/to have you inhabit it",
"*kî ʾim*": "except/but only"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.31",
"source": "וְטַ֨פְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לָבַ֣ז יִהְיֶ֑ה וְהֵבֵיאתִ֣י אֹתָ֔ם וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְאַסְתֶּ֖ם בָּֽהּ׃",
"text": "*wə-ṭappəkem ʾăšer ʾămartem lābaz yihyeh wəhēbêʾtî ʾōtām wəyādəʿû ʾet-hāʾāreṣ ʾăšer məʾastem bāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ṭappəkem*": "conjunction + masculine singular collective noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - and your little ones",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom/that",
"*ʾămartem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *ʾmr* - you said",
"*lābaz*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - for plunder",
"*yihyeh*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal form of *hyh* - he/it will be",
"*wəhēbêʾtî*": "conjunction + perfect, 1st singular, Hiphil form of *bwʾ* - and I will bring",
"*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them",
"*wəyādəʿû*": "conjunction + perfect, 3rd plural, Qal form of *ydʿ* - and they will know",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the land",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*məʾastem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *mʾs* - you rejected",
"*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭappəkem*": "your little ones/your children/your small children",
"*lābaz yihyeh*": "would become plunder/will be prey/will be victims",
"*wəhēbêʾtî*": "I will bring/I shall lead in",
"*wəyādəʿû*": "and they will know/they shall experience/they will be acquainted with",
"*məʾastem bāh*": "you have rejected/despised/refused"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.32",
"source": "וּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖ם אַתֶּ֑ם יִפְּל֖וּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*û-pigrêkem ʾattem yippəlû bammidbār hazzeh*",
"grammar": {
"*û-pigrêkem*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - and your corpses",
"*ʾattem*": "2nd masculine plural personal pronoun - you",
"*yippəlû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, Qal form of *npl* - they will fall",
"*bammidbār*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the wilderness",
"*hazzeh*": "definite article + masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this"
},
"variants": {
"*û-pigrêkem ʾattem*": "but as for you, your corpses/your carcasses, even yours",
"*yippəlû*": "shall fall/will drop/will lie dead",
"*bammidbār hazzeh*": "in this wilderness/in this desert"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.33",
"source": "וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם יִהְי֨וּ רֹעִ֤ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְנָשְׂא֖וּ אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם עַד־תֹּ֥ם פִּגְרֵיכֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃",
"text": "*û-bənêkem yihyû rōʿîm bammidbār ʾarbāʿîm šānāh wənāśəʾû ʾet-zənûtêkem ʿad-tōm pigrêkem bammidbār*",
"grammar": {
"*û-bənêkem*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - and your sons",
"*yihyû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, Qal form of *hyh* - they will be",
"*rōʿîm*": "masculine plural participle, Qal form of *rʿh* - shepherds/wandering",
"*bammidbār*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the wilderness",
"*ʾarbāʿîm*": "cardinal number - forty",
"*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year",
"*wənāśəʾû*": "conjunction + perfect, 3rd plural, Qal form of *nśʾ* - and they will bear",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*zənûtêkem*": "feminine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your harlotries/unfaithfulness",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - until",
"*tōm*": "masculine singular construct - completion of",
"*pigrêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your corpses",
"*bammidbār*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the wilderness"
},
"variants": {
"*rōʿîm*": "shepherds/wandering/moving about as nomads",
"*wənāśəʾû ʾet-zənûtêkem*": "and shall bear your unfaithfulness/will carry your infidelities/will suffer for your prostitutions",
"*zənûtêkem*": "your harlotries/your unfaithfulness/your infidelities",
"*ʿad-tōm pigrêkem*": "until the completion of your corpses/until your carcasses are consumed/until your dead bodies perish"
}
}
34 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.34",
"source": "בְּמִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־תַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֮ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים יוֹם֒ י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֞ה י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֗ה תִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־עֲוֺנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃",
"text": "*bəmispar hayyāmîm ʾăšer-tartem ʾet-hāʾāreṣ ʾarbāʿîm yôm yôm laššānāh yôm laššānāh tiśʾû ʾet-ʿăwōnōtêkem ʾarbāʿîm šānāh wîdaʿtem ʾet-tənûʾātî*",
"grammar": {
"*bəmispar*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - by number of",
"*hayyāmîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the days",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*tartem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *twr* - you spied out",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the land",
"*ʾarbāʿîm*": "cardinal number - forty",
"*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day",
"*yôm laššānāh*": "masculine singular noun + preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - day for the year",
"*yôm laššānāh*": "masculine singular noun + preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - day for the year",
"*tiśʾû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *nśʾ* - you will bear",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿăwōnōtêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your iniquities",
"*ʾarbāʿîm*": "cardinal number - forty",
"*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year",
"*wîdaʿtem*": "conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *ydʿ* - and you will know",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*tənûʾātî*": "feminine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my opposition/alienation"
},
"variants": {
"*bəmispar hayyāmîm*": "according to the number of days/by the count of days",
"*tartem*": "you spied out/you explored/you searched",
"*yôm laššānāh yôm laššānāh*": "a day for a year, a day for a year (repetition for emphasis)",
"*tiśʾû ʾet-ʿăwōnōtêkem*": "you shall bear your iniquities/you will carry your punishments",
"*ʿăwōnōtêkem*": "your iniquities/your guilt/your punishment",
"*tənûʾātî*": "my alienation/my opposition/my hostility/my rejection"
}
}
35 {
"verseID": "Numbers.14.35",
"source": "אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ אִם־לֹ֣א ׀ זֹ֣את אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְכָל־הָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑י בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ",
"text": "I *YHWH* *dibbartī* if-not this *ʾeʿĕśeh* to-all-the-*ʿēdāh* the-*rāʿāh* the-this, the-*nôʿādîm* against-me; in-the-*midbār* the-this *yittammû* and-there *yāmutû*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton",
"*dibbartī*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have spoken",
"*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "imperfect, 1st person singular - I will do",
"*ʿēdāh*": "feminine singular construct - congregation/assembly",
"*rāʿāh*": "feminine singular adjective - evil/wicked",
"*nôʿādîm*": "niphal participle, masculine plural - those who gather/assemble",
"*midbār*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - wilderness/desert",
"*yittammû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will be consumed/perish",
"*yāmutû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will die"
},
"variants": {
"*YHWH*": "LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah - divine name",
"*dibbartī*": "spoken/declared/promised",
"*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "do/execute/perform/fulfill",
"*ʿēdāh*": "congregation/assembly/community",
"*rāʿāh*": "evil/wicked/harmful",
"*nôʿādîm*": "assembled against/gathered together against",
"*midbār*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land",
"*yittammû*": "be consumed/perish/come to an end",
"*yāmutû*": "die/perish"
}
}