Numbers 17:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זִכָּר֞וֹן לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְ֠מַעַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יִקְרַ֜ב אִ֣ישׁ זָ֗ר אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹ֣א מִזֶּ֤רַע אַהֲרֹן֙ ה֔וּא לְהַקְטִ֥יר קְטֹ֖רֶת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה כְקֹ֙רַח֙ וְכַ֣עֲדָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

zikkārôn for-bənê Yiśrāʾēl for-ləmaʿan which not-yiqrab ʾîš zār which not from-zeraʿ ʾAharōn he to-haqṭîr qəṭōret before-YHWH and-not-yihyeh like-Qōraḥ and-like-ʿădātô as-which dibbēr YHWH by-hand-of-Mōšeh to-him

Grammar Details

*zikkārôn*: noun, masculine singular - memorial/reminder
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that/in order that
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yiqrab*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he comes near/approaches
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*zār*: adjective, masculine singular - stranger/unauthorized
*zeraʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of
*ʾAharōn*: proper noun - Aaron
*hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he
*haqṭîr*: hiphil infinitive construct - to burn/offer
*qəṭōret*: noun, feminine singular - incense
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be
*Qōraḥ*: proper noun - Korah
*ʿădātô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his assembly
*kaʾăšer*: conjunction - as/just as
*dibbēr*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - spoke/said
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*bəyad*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by the hand of
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*lô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him

Word Meanings

*zikkārôn*: memorial/reminder/remembrance
*ləmaʿan*: so that/in order that/for the purpose that
*zār*: stranger/unauthorized/foreign
*haqṭîr*: to burn/to offer up in smoke/to make smoke
*qəṭōret*: incense/fragrant offering/incense offering
*ʿădātô*: his assembly/his company/his congregation

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Referenced Verses

Num 16:5 : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
Num 16:11 : 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
Num 17:8 : 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Num 17:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 11:1 : 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isa 13:11 : 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isa 27:6 : 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Ezek 16:41 : 41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
Ezek 23:27 : 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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