Numbers 20:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵאָסֵ֤ף אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל־עַמָּ֔יו כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָבֹא֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־מְרִיתֶ֥ם אֶת־פִּ֖י לְמֵ֥י מְרִיבָֽה

Transliteration

yēʾāsēp ʾahărōn to-ʿammāyw because not yābōʾ to-the-ʾāreṣ which nātattî to-bənê yiśrāʾēl because which-mərîtem ʾet-my-mouth at-mê mərîbâ

Grammar Details

• *yēʾāsēp*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be gathered
• *ʾahărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *ʿammāyw*: masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his peoples
• *yābōʾ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will enter
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular with definite article - the land
• *nātattî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I have given
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mərîtem*: qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you rebelled
• *mê*: masculine plural construct - waters of
• *mərîbâ*: feminine singular - strife/contention

Word Meanings

• *yēʾāsēp* to-*ʿammāyw*: be gathered to his people/die
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/country
• *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl*: children of Israel/Israelites
• *mərîtem*: rebelled/were disobedient
• *mê* *mərîbâ*: waters of Meribah/waters of strife

Referenced Verses

• Gen 25:8 : 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
• Deut 32:50 : 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
• Num 27:13 : 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
• Num 31:2 : 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
• Judg 2:10 : 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
• 2 Chr 34:28 : 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
• Gen 25:17 : 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
• Gen 35:29 : 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
• Gen 49:29 : 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
• Gen 49:33 : 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
• Num 4:27 : 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
• Num 20:10-12 : 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
• Gen 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.