3{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.3",
"source": "אֵ֡ת מַחְתּוֹת֩ הֽ͏ַחַטָּאִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם רִקֻּעֵ֤י פַחִים֙ צִפּ֣וּי לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־הִקְרִיבֻ֥ם לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*ʾēt* *maḥtôt* the *ḥaṭṭāʾîm* these *bə-napšōtām* and *ʿāśû* *ʾōtām* *riqqûʿê* *paḥîm* *ṣippûy* for-the-*mizbēaḥ* because *hiqrîbûm* before-*YHWH* and *wayyiqdāšû* and *yihyû* for-*ʾôt* for-*bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*maḥtôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - censers of",
"*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural - sinners",
"*bə-napšōtām*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - against their lives/souls",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʿāśû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - make/form",
"*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them",
"*riqqûʿê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - beaten plates of",
"*paḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - thin plates",
"*ṣippûy*": "noun, masculine singular construct - overlay/covering for",
"*mizbēaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - altar",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*hiqrîbûm*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they offered them",
"*wayyiqdāšû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they became holy",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - they shall be",
"*ʾôt*": "noun, common singular - sign",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*": "sinners/sin-bearers/those who sinned",
"*bə-napšōtām*": "against their lives/with their souls/at cost of their lives",
"*riqqûʿê paḥîm*": "hammered plates/beaten sheets/flattened metal",
"*ṣippûy*": "covering/overlay/plating",
"*hiqrîbûm*": "offered them/brought them near/presented them",
"*ʾôt*": "sign/warning/reminder"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.4",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶלְעָזָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֵ֚ת מַחְתּ֣וֹת הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִקְרִ֖יבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִ֑ים וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם צִפּ֥וּי לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃",
"text": "And *wayyiqqaḥ* *ʾElʿāzār* the *kōhēn* *ʾēt* *maḥtôt* the *nəḥōšet* which *hiqrîbû* the *śərûpîm* and *wayəraqəʿûm* *ṣippûy* for-the-*mizbēaḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*ʾElʿāzār*": "proper noun - Eleazar",
"*kōhēn*": "noun, masculine singular - priest",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*maḥtôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - censers of",
"*nəḥōšet*": "noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*hiqrîbû*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural - they offered/brought near",
"*śərûpîm*": "qal passive participle, masculine plural - the burned ones",
"*wayəraqəʿûm*": "piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they hammered them",
"*ṣippûy*": "noun, masculine singular construct - covering for",
"*mizbēaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - altar"
},
"variants": {
"*nəḥōšet*": "bronze/copper/brass",
"*śərûpîm*": "burned ones/those who were burned/consumed ones",
"*wayəraqəʿûm*": "hammered them out/beat them flat/flattened them"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.5",
"source": "זִכָּר֞וֹן לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְ֠מַעַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יִקְרַ֜ב אִ֣ישׁ זָ֗ר אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹ֣א מִזֶּ֤רַע אַהֲרֹן֙ ה֔וּא לְהַקְטִ֥יר קְטֹ֖רֶת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה כְקֹ֙רַח֙ וְכַ֣עֲדָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*zikkārôn* for-*bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl* for-*ləmaʿan* which not-*yiqrab* *ʾîš* *zār* which not from-*zeraʿ* *ʾAharōn* he to-*haqṭîr* *qəṭōret* before-*YHWH* and-not-*yihyeh* like-*Qōraḥ* and-like-*ʿădātô* as-which *dibbēr* *YHWH* by-hand-of-*Mōšeh* to-him",
"grammar": {
"*zikkārôn*": "noun, masculine singular - memorial/reminder",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - so that/in order that",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - that/which",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yiqrab*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he comes near/approaches",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*zār*": "adjective, masculine singular - stranger/unauthorized",
"*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of",
"*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron",
"*hûʾ*": "personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he",
"*haqṭîr*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to burn/offer",
"*qəṭōret*": "noun, feminine singular - incense",
"*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be",
"*Qōraḥ*": "proper noun - Korah",
"*ʿădātô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his assembly",
"*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction - as/just as",
"*dibbēr*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke/said",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*bəyad*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by the hand of",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him"
},
"variants": {
"*zikkārôn*": "memorial/reminder/remembrance",
"*ləmaʿan*": "so that/in order that/for the purpose that",
"*zār*": "stranger/unauthorized/foreign",
"*haqṭîr*": "to burn/to offer up in smoke/to make smoke",
"*qəṭōret*": "incense/fragrant offering/incense offering",
"*ʿădātô*": "his assembly/his company/his congregation"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.6",
"source": "וַיִּלֹּ֜נוּ כָּל־עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר אַתֶּ֥ם הֲמִתֶּ֖ם אֶת־עַ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "And *wayyillōnû* all-*ʿădat* *bənê*-*Yiśrāʾēl* from-*mimmŏḥŏrāt* against-*Mōšeh* and-against-*ʾAharōn* *lēʾmōr* you *hămittĕm* *ʾēt*-people-of *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyillōnû*": "niphal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they murmured/complained",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of",
"*ʿădat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - assembly/congregation of",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*mimmŏḥŏrāt*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - on the next day",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - against",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*ʾattem*": "personal pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - you",
"*hămittĕm*": "hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have killed",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿam*": "noun, masculine singular construct - people of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyillōnû*": "complained/grumbled/murmured",
"*ʿădat*": "assembly/congregation/community",
"*mimmŏḥŏrāt*": "on the next day/the following day/the morrow",
"*hămittĕm*": "killed/caused to die/put to death"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.7",
"source": "וַיְהִ֗י בְּהִקָּהֵ֤ל הָֽעֵדָה֙ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְהִנֵּ֥ה כִסָּ֖הוּ הֶעָנָ֑ן וַיֵּרָ֖א כְּב֥וֹד יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "And *wayəhî* in-*bəhiqqāhēl* the-*ʿēdāh* against-*Mōšeh* and-against-*ʾAharōn* and *wayyipnû* to-*ʾōhel* *môʿēd* and behold *kissāhû* the-*ʿānān* and *wayyērāʾ* *kəbôd* *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*wayəhî*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass",
"*bəhiqqāhēl*": "niphal infinitive construct + preposition - when was gathered",
"*ʿēdāh*": "noun, feminine singular - assembly/congregation",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - against",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron",
"*wayyipnû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they turned",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward",
"*ʾōhel*": "noun, masculine singular construct - tent of",
"*môʿēd*": "noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time",
"*wə-hinnēh*": "conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold",
"*kissāhû*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - covered it",
"*ʿānān*": "noun, masculine singular - cloud",
"*wayyērāʾ*": "niphal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and appeared",
"*kəbôd*": "noun, masculine singular construct - glory of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh"
},
"variants": {
"*bəhiqqāhēl*": "when was gathered/during the assembly/as they gathered",
"*ʿēdāh*": "assembly/congregation/community",
"*wayyipnû*": "turned/looked/faced",
"*ʾōhel môʿēd*": "tent of meeting/tabernacle of congregation",
"*kissāhû*": "covered it/concealed it/enveloped it",
"*kəbôd*": "glory/presence/honor"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.8",
"source": "וַיָּבֹ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן אֶל־פְּנֵ֖י אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃",
"text": "And *wayyābōʾ* *Mōšeh* and-*ʾAharōn* to-*pənê* *ʾōhel* *môʿēd*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyābōʾ*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he came/entered",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of/front of",
"*ʾōhel*": "noun, masculine singular construct - tent of",
"*môʿēd*": "noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyābōʾ*": "came/entered/went",
"*pənê*": "face of/entrance of/front of",
"*ʾōhel môʿēd*": "tent of meeting/tabernacle of congregation"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.9",
"source": "וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃",
"text": "And *wə-* *dabbēr* *YHWH* to-*Mōšeh* *lēʾmōr*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*dabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying"
},
"variants": {
"*dabbēr*": "spoke/said/addressed",
"*lēʾmōr*": "saying/commanding/as follows"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Numbers.17.10",
"source": "הֵרֹ֗מּוּ מִתּוֹךְ֙ הָעֵדָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וַאֲכַלֶּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם כְּרָ֑גַע וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*hērōmmû* from-*tôk* the-*ʿēdāh* the-*zōʾt* and-*ʾăkalleh* *ʾōtām* in-*kərāgaʿ* and *wayyippəlû* on-*pənêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*hērōmmû*": "niphal imperative, masculine plural - be removed/lifted up",
"*min*": "preposition - from",
"*tôk*": "noun, masculine singular construct - midst of",
"*ʿēdāh*": "noun, feminine singular - assembly/congregation",
"*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾăkalleh*": "piel imperfect cohortative, 1st common singular - I will consume/destroy",
"*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them",
"*kərāgaʿ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in a moment",
"*wayyippəlû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and they fell",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - on/upon",
"*pənêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their faces"
},
"variants": {
"*hērōmmû*": "be removed/get away/separate yourselves",
"*tôk*": "midst/middle/among",
"*ʿēdāh*": "assembly/congregation/community",
"*ʾăkalleh*": "I will consume/destroy/put an end to",
"*kərāgaʿ*": "in a moment/instantly/immediately"
}
}