Numbers 11:25

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then the Lord came downe in a cloude, and spake vnto him, and tooke of the Spirit that was vpon him, and put it vpon the seuentie Ancient men: & when the Spirit rested vpon them, then they prophecied, and did not cease.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֨רֶד יְהוָ֥ה ׀ בֶּעָנָן֮ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָיו֒ וַיָּ֗אצֶל מִן־הָר֙וּחַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֔יו וַיִּתֵּ֕ן עַל־שִׁבְעִ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים וַיְהִ֗י כְּנ֤וֹחַ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ הָר֔וּחַ וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יָסָֽפוּ׃

Transliteration

And yēred YHWH in-the-ʿānān and yədabbēr to-him, and yāʾṣel from-the-rûaḥ which upon-him and yittēn upon-seventy ʾîš the-zəqēnîm; and yəhî when-kənôaḥ upon-them the-rûaḥ and yitnabbəʾû and not yāsāpû.

Grammar Details

• *yēred*: qal imperfect third person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he came down
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʿānān*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the cloud
• *yədabbēr*: piel imperfect third person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he spoke
• *yāʾṣel*: qal imperfect third person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he took/reserved
• *rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the spirit
• *yittēn*: qal imperfect third person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he gave
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - men
• *zəqēnîm*: masculine plural adjective with definite article - the elders
• *yəhî*: qal imperfect third person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it came to pass
• *kənôaḥ*: qal infinitive construct - as rested
• *yitnabbəʾû*: hitpael imperfect third person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they prophesied
• *yāsāpû*: qal perfect third person common plural - they continued/did not cease

Word Meanings

• *yāʾṣel*: took away/withdrew/separated/reserved
• *rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind
• *yāsāpû*: they continued/ceased/added

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:17 : 17 And I will come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the Spirite, which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee: so thou shalt not beare it alone.
• Num 12:5 : 5 Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, & they both came forth.
• 1 Sam 10:10 : 10 And when they came thither to the hill, beholde, the companie of Prophets meete him, and the Spirit of God came vpon him, & he prophecied among them.
• 1 Sam 19:20-24 : 20 And Saul sent messengers to take Dauid: & when they sawe a company of Prophets prophecying, and Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them, the Spirit of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophecied. 21 And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophecied likewise: againe Saul sent the third messengers, and they prophecied also. 22 Then went he himselfe to Ramah, & came to a great well that is in Sechu, and he asked, and sayd, Where are Samuel and Dauid? & one sayd, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither, euen to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came vpon him also, and he went prophecying vntill hee came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stript off his clothes, and he prophesied also before Samuel, and fell downe naked all that day and all that night: therefore they say, Is Saul also among the Prophets?
• 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Iericho, saw him on the other side, they sayde, The Spirite of Eliiah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meete him, and fell to the grounde before him,
• Ps 99:7 : 7 Hee spake vnto them in the cloudie pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the Lawe that he gaue them.
• Jer 36:5-6 : 5 And Ieremiah commaunded Baruch, saying, I am shut vp, and can not go into the House of the Lord. 6 Therefore goe thou, and reade the roule wherein thou hast written at my mouth the words of the Lorde in the audience of the people in the Lordes House vpon the fasting day: also thou shalt reade them in the hearing of all Iudah, that come out of their cities.
• Joel 2:28-29 : 28 And afterward will I powre out my Spirit vpon all flesh: and your sonnes & your daughters shall prophecie: your olde men shall dreame dreames, and your yong men shal see visions, 29 And also vpon the seruants, and vpon the maydes in those dayes wil I powre my Spirit.
• Luke 9:34-35 : 34 Whiles he thus spake, there came a cloude and ouershadowed them, and they feared when they were entring into the cloude. 35 And there came a voyce out of the cloud, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, heare him.
• Acts 2:17-18 : 17 And it shalbe in the last daies, saith God, I wil powre out of my Spirite vpon al flesh, & your sonnes, and your daughters shall prophecie, and your yong men shal see visions, and your old men shall dreame dreames. 18 And on my seruauntes, and on mine handmaides I will powre out of my Spirite in those daies, and they shall prophecie.
• Acts 11:28 : 28 And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to passe vnder Claudius Cesar.
• Acts 21:9-9 : 9 Now he had foure daughters virgins, which did prophecie. 10 And as we taried there many dayes, there came a certaine Prophet from Iudea, named Agabus. 11 And when he was come vnto vs, he tooke Pauls girdle, and bound his owne hands & feete, and sayd, Thus sayth the holy Ghost, So shall the Iewes at Hierusalem binde the man that oweth this girdle, and shall deliuer him into the hands of the Gentiles.
• 1 Cor 11:4-5 : 4 Euery man praying or prophecying hauing any thing on his head, dishonoureth his head. 5 But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth bare headed, dishonoureth her head: for it is euen one very thing, as though she were shauen.
• 1 Cor 14:1-3 : 1 Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie. 2 For hee that speaketh a strange tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him: howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things. 3 But he that prophecieth, speaketh vnto me to edifying, and to exhortation, and to comfort.
• 1 Cor 14:32 : 32 And the spirits of the Prophets are subiect to the Prophets.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For the prophecie came not in olde time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost.
• 1 Sam 10:5-6 : 5 After that shalt thou come to the hill of God, where is the garisons of the Philistims: and when thou art come thither to the citie, thou shalt meete a companie of Prophets comming downe from the hie place with a viole, and a tymbrell, and a pipe, and an harpe before them, and they shall prophecie. 6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will come vpon thee, and thou shalt prophecie with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
• Exod 34:5 : 5 And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
• Exod 40:38 : 38 For the cloude of the Lorde was vpon the Tabernacle by day, & fire was in it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their iourneyes.