Numbers 9:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָי֤וּ טְמֵאִים֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם וְלֹא־יָכְל֥וּ לַעֲשֹׂת־הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַֽיִּקְרְב֞וּ לִפְנֵ֥י מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְלִפְנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

Transliteration

wa-yəhî ʾănāšîm who hāyû ṭəmēʾîm to nepeš ʾāḏām and not yāḵəlû to laʿăśōṯ-happesaḥ in yôm the hû and wayyiqrəḇû before Mōšeh and before ʾAhărōn in yôm the hû.

Grammar Details

*wa-yəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and there were
*ʾănāšîm*: common noun, masculine plural - men
*hāyû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - were
*ṭəmēʾîm*: adjective, masculine plural - unclean/impure
*nepeš*: common noun, feminine singular construct - soul/person of
*ʾāḏām*: common noun, masculine singular - man/human
*yāḵəlû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were able
*laʿăśōṯ-happesaḥ*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + definite article + common noun - to keep the Passover
*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
*hû*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
*wayyiqrəḇû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they came near
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron

Word Meanings

*ṭəmēʾîm lənep̄eš ʾāḏām*: unclean by/for a dead person/corpse
*nepeš*: soul/person/dead body/corpse
*yāḵəlû*: they were able/they could/they had ability
*wayyiqrəḇû*: they approached/came near/presented themselves before

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Referenced Verses

Exod 18:15 : 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
Num 27:2 : 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Num 5:2 : 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Num 19:11 : 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:16 : 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:18 : 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Exod 18:19 : 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
John 18:28 : 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Num 27:5 : 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
Lev 21:11 : 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Lev 24:11 : 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses:(and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
Num 6:6-7 : 6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
Num 15:33 : 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

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