Numbers 17:25
{ "verseID": "Numbers.17.25", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הָשֵׁ֞ב אֶת־מַטֵּ֤ה אַהֲרֹן֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָעֵד֔וּת לְמִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵי־מֶ֑רִי וּתְכַ֧ל תְּלוּנֹּתָ֛ם מֵעָלַ֖י וְלֹ֥א יָמֻֽתוּ׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *YHWH* to-*Mōšeh* *hāšēb* *ʾēt*-*maṭṭēh* *ʾAharōn* before the-*ʿēdût* for-*mišmeret* for-*ʾôt* for-*bənê*-*merî* and-*təkal* *təlûnnōtām* from-upon-me and-not *yāmutû*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*Mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses", "*hāšēb*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - return", "*ʾēt*": "direct object marker", "*maṭṭēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - staff of", "*ʾAharōn*": "proper noun - Aaron", "*li-pnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before", "*ʿēdût*": "noun, feminine singular - testimony", "*lə-mišmeret*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a sign/token", "*lə-ʾôt*": "preposition + noun, common singular - for a sign", "*li-bnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - for sons of", "*merî*": "noun, masculine singular - rebellion", "*û-təkal*": "conjunction + qal imperfect jussive, 3rd feminine singular - and will end", "*təlûnnōtām*": "noun, feminine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their complaints", "*mē-ʿālay*": "preposition + preposition + 1st common singular suffix - from upon me", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yāmutû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - they will die" }, "variants": { "*hāšēb*": "return/bring back/restore", "*mišmeret*": "sign/token/kept safekeeping", "*ʾôt*": "sign/token/reminder", "*bənê-merî*": "sons of rebellion/rebels/rebellious ones", "*təkal*": "end/cease/be finished", "*təlûnnōtām*": "their complaints/their grumblings/their murmurings" } }