Numbers 3:4
{ "verseID": "Numbers.3.4", "source": "וַיָּ֣מָת נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֣וּא לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֡ה בְּֽהַקְרִבָם֩ אֵ֨שׁ זָרָ֜ה לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר סִינַ֔י וּבָנִ֖ים לֹא־הָי֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וַיְכַהֵ֤ן אֶלְעָזָר֙ וְאִ֣יתָמָ֔ר עַל־פְּנֵ֖י אַהֲרֹ֥ן אֲבִיהֶֽם׃", "text": "*wa-yāmāt* *Nādāb* *wa-ʾĂbîhûʾ* *li-pnê* *YHWH* *bə-haqrîbām* *ʾēš* *zārāh* *li-pnê* *YHWH* *bə-midbar* *Sînay* *û-bānîm* *lōʾ*-*hāyû* *lāhem* *wa-yəkahēn* *ʾElʿāzār* *wə-ʾÎtāmār* *ʿal*-*pənê* *ʾAhărōn* *ʾăbîhem*", "grammar": { "*wa-yāmāt*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and died", "*Nādāb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Nadab", "*wa-ʾĂbîhûʾ*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Abihu", "*li-pnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in presence of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*bə-haqrîbām*": "preposition + verb, Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their offering/when they offered", "*ʾēš*": "noun, feminine singular - fire", "*zārāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - strange/foreign/unauthorized", "*li-pnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in presence of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*bə-midbar*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in wilderness of", "*Sînay*": "proper noun - Sinai", "*û-bānîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and sons", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*hāyû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - were/had been", "*lāhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them/for them", "*wa-yəkahēn*": "conjunction + verb, Piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and served as priest", "*ʾElʿāzār*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Eleazar", "*wə-ʾÎtāmār*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Ithamar", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/during/in presence of", "*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of/lifetime of", "*ʾAhărōn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron", "*ʾăbîhem*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their father" }, "variants": { "*ʾēš zārāh*": "strange fire/unauthorized fire/foreign fire/improper offering", "*ʿal-pənê*": "in the presence of/during the lifetime of/before", "*wa-yəkahēn*": "ministered as priests/served in the priestly office" } }