Numbers 11:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶסְפָה־לִּ֞י שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִישׁ֮ מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּי־הֵ֛ם זִקְנֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם וְשֹׁטְרָ֑יו וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ אֹתָם֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֥וּ שָׁ֖ם עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

And wayyō'mer YHWH to Mōšeh, "'Espāh-to me šiḇ'îm 'îš from ziqnê Yiśrā'ēl, whom yāḏa'tā that they ziqnê the hā'ām and its šōṭərāyw; and wəlāqaḥtā them to 'ōhel mô'ēḏ, and wəhityaṣṣəḇû there 'immāḵ.

Grammar Details

*wayyō'mer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
*Mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
*'espāh*: qal imperative masculine singular - gather
*šiḇ'îm*: cardinal number - seventy
*'îš*: masculine singular noun - man/men
*ziqnê*: masculine plural construct - elders of
*Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
*yāḏa'tā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you know
*hā'ām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*šōṭərāyw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its officers
*wəlāqaḥtā*: waw + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and take
*'ōhel*: masculine singular construct - tent of
*mô'ēḏ*: masculine singular noun - meeting
*wəhityaṣṣəḇû*: waw + hitpael perfect 3rd common plural - and they shall stand
*'immāḵ*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

*'espāh-lî*: gather for me/collect for me/assemble for me
*ziqnê*: elders of/old men of/leaders of
*yāḏa'tā*: you know/you recognize/you acknowledge
*šōṭərāyw*: its officers/its officials/its scribes
*'ōhel mô'ēḏ*: tent of meeting/tabernacle of congregation
*wəhityaṣṣəḇû*: they shall stand/position themselves/present themselves

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Referenced Verses

Exod 24:1 : 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Exod 24:9 : 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Deut 1:15 : 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deut 31:28 : 28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
Ezek 8:11 : 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Luke 10:1 : 1 {G1161} After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Luke 10:17 : 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Gen 46:27 : 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
Exod 4:29 : 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

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