Numbers 12:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַהֲרֹ֖ן אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י אַל־נָ֨א תָשֵׁ֤ת עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ חַטָּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֥ר נוֹאַ֖לְנוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽאנוּ׃

Transliteration

Wayyōʾmer ʾAhărōn ʾel-Mōšeh bî ʾădōnî ʾal-nāʾ tāšēt ʿālênū ḥaṭṭāʾt ʾăšer nōʾalnū waʾăšer ḥāṭāʾnū

Grammar Details

*Wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he said'
*ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - 'Aaron'
*ʾel-Mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun - 'to Moses'
*bî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - 'please/I pray'
*ʾădōnî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - 'my lord'
*ʾal-nāʾ*: negative particle + particle of entreaty - 'please do not'
*tāšēt*: Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - 'put/lay'
*ʿālênū*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - 'upon us'
*ḥaṭṭāʾt*: feminine singular noun - 'sin'
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - 'which'
*nōʾalnū*: Niphal perfect, 1st person plural - 'we have acted foolishly'
*waʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - 'and which'
*ḥāṭāʾnū*: Qal perfect, 1st person plural - 'we have sinned'

Word Meanings

*bî*: please/I pray/Oh
*tāšēt*: put/lay/impose
*ḥaṭṭāʾt*: sin/punishment for sin
*nōʾalnū*: acted foolishly/done foolishly/been foolish

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 19:19 : 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Prov 30:32 : 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Jer 42:2 : 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant;(for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
Acts 8:24 : 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
1 Kgs 13:6 : 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Ps 38:1-5 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke{H8686)} me not in thy wrath: neither chasten{H8762)} me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness.
Exod 12:32 : 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Sam 12:19 : 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
1 Sam 15:24-25 : 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

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