Numbers 16:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֤חַר לְמֹשֶׁה֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה אַל־תֵּ֖פֶן אֶל־מִנְחָתָ֑ם לֹ֠א חֲמ֨וֹר אֶחָ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ נָשָׂ֔אתִי וְלֹ֥א הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי אֶת־אַחַ֥ד מֵהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayyiḥar to-Mōšeh very, and wayyōʾmer to-YHWH, do-not-tēpen to-their-minḥātām; not ḥămôr one from-them nāśāʾtî, and-not hărēʿōtî ʾet-one from-them

Grammar Details

• *wayyiḥar*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it became hot/angry
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *tēpen*: Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd masculine singular - may you regard/turn to
• *minḥātām*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their offering/gift
• *ḥămôr*: noun, masculine singular - donkey
• *nāśāʾtî*: Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I have taken/carried
• *hărēʿōtî*: Hiphil perfect, 1st common singular - I have done harm
• *ʾet*: direct object marker

Word Meanings

• *wayyiḥar*: became angry/was kindled
• *tēpen*: regard/turn to/respect
• *minḥātām*: their offering/gift/tribute
• *nāśāʾtî*: I have taken/lifted/carried away

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:4-5 : 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
• 2 Cor 7:2 : 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
• 2 Cor 12:14-17 : 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
• Exod 32:19 : 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
• Num 12:3 : 3 (Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)
• Num 16:6-7 : 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
• 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
• Isa 1:10-15 : 10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them]. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›
• Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
• Acts 20:33-34 : 33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
• 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 ¶ But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 ¶ For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.