Numbers 14:41

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֛ה אַתֶּ֥ם עֹבְרִ֖ים אֶת־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א תִצְלָֽח

Transliteration

And-yōʾmer Mōšeh why this you ʿōberîm ʾet-pî YHWH and-it not tiṣlāḥ

Grammar Details

• *yōʾmer*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he said
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʿōberîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - transgressing/crossing
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *pî*: masculine singular construct - mouth/command of
• *YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
• *tiṣlāḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will succeed

Word Meanings

• *yōʾmer*: said/spoke
• *ʿōberîm*: transgressing/violating/disobeying
• *pî*: mouth/command/word
• *tiṣlāḥ*: succeed/prosper/accomplish

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 24:20 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
• Job 4:9 : 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
• Jer 2:37 : 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
• Jer 32:5 : 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
• Num 14:25 : 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.