Numbers 9:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם מֹשֶׁ֑ה עִמְד֣וּ וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔ה מַה־יְצַוֶּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לָכֶֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer to them Mōšeh ʿimḏû and ʾešmə'āh what yəṣawweh YHWH for you.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʿimḏû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - stand/wait
• *ʾešmə'āh*: Qal cohortative, 1st common singular - let me hear
• *yəṣawweh*: Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will command
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *lāḵem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - for you

Word Meanings

• *ʿimḏû*: stand/wait/remain
• *ʾešmə'āh*: let me hear/listen/find out
• *yəṣawweh*: commands/orders/instructs

Referenced Verses

• Ps 85:8 : 8 ¶ I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
• Num 27:5 : 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
• 2 Chr 20:17 : 17 Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Exod 14:13 : 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
• Exod 18:15 : 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
• Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
• Ezek 2:7 : 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.
• Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• John 7:17 : 17 ‹If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or› [whether] ‹I speak of myself.›
• John 17:8 : 8 ‹For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received› [them], ‹and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.›
• Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
• 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
• 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 ¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:
• Heb 3:5-6 : 5 And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.