Numbers 12:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ הֲרַ֤ק אַךְ־בְּמֹשֶׁה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲלֹ֖א גַּם־בָּ֣נוּ דִבֵּ֑ר וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Wayyōʾmərū hăraq ʾak-bə-Mōšeh dibbēr YHWH hălōʾ gam-bānū dibbēr wayyišmaʿ YHWH

Grammar Details

• *Wayyōʾmərū*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - 'and they said'
• *hăraq*: interrogative particle + adverb - 'is it only'
• *ʾak*: restrictive particle - 'only/surely'
• *bə-Mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun - 'through Moses'
• *dibbēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he spoke'
• *YHWH*: proper noun - 'the LORD'
• *hălōʾ*: interrogative particle + negative - 'has not'
• *gam*: adverb - 'also'
• *bānū*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - 'through us'
• *wayyišmaʿ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he heard'

Word Meanings

• *hăraq*: is it only/has only
• *ʾak*: only/surely/indeed
• *dibbēr*: spoken/communicated

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:1 : 1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
• Num 16:3 : 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
• Isa 37:4 : 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
• Ezek 35:12-13 : 12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
• Mic 6:4 : 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
• 2 Kgs 19:4 : 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
• Ps 94:7-9 : 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
• Prov 13:10 : 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
• Rom 12:3 : 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
• Phil 2:3 : 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
• Phil 2:14 : 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
• Num 11:29 : 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
• Gen 29:33 : 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
• Exod 4:30 : 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
• Exod 5:1 : 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
• Exod 7:10 : 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
• Exod 15:20-21 : 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.