Numbers 15:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם כִּ֣י תָבֹ֗אוּ אֶל־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶֽם

Transliteration

dabbēr ʾel-bənê yiśrāʾēl wə-ʾāmartā ʾălēhem kî tābōʾû ʾel-ʾereṣ môšəbōtêkem ʾăšer ʾănî nōtēn lākem

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: imperative, masculine singular, Piel - speak!
• *ʾel-bənê*: preposition + noun construct, masculine plural - to sons of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wə-ʾāmartā*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine singular, Qal - and you shall say
• *ʾălēhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - unto them
• *kî*: conjunction - when/if/that
• *tābōʾû*: imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal - you will come/enter
• *ʾel-ʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - to land of
• *môšəbōtêkem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your dwellings/habitations
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that/whom
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st singular - I
• *nōtēn*: participle, masculine singular, Qal - giving
• *lākem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you

Word Meanings

• *kî*: when/if/because/that
• *tābōʾû*: you enter/come/arrive at
• *ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
• *môšəbōtêkem*: your dwelling places/habitations/settlements
• *nōtēn*: giving/am giving/will give

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land where you will live, which I am giving to you,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them: when ye be come into ye londe of youre habitacion which I geue vnto yo

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Speake to the childre of Israel, & saye vnto them: Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge, which I shal geue you,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Whe ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I giue vnto you,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them: when ye be come into the lande of your habitations, whiche I geue vnto you:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you are come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land of your dwellings, which I am giving to you,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Say to the children of Israel, When you have come into the land which I am giving to you for your resting-place,

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you,

Referenced Verses

• Lev 23:10 : 10 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
• Num 15:18 : 18 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
• Deut 7:1-2 : 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you are going to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you; 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:
• Deut 12:1 : 1 These are the statutes and judgments which you shall diligently follow in the land that the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess, all the days you live on the earth.
• Deut 12:9 : 9 For you have not yet come to the rest and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Lev 25:2 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the LORD.
• Lev 14:34 : 34 When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a plague of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;