Numbers 9:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  There were some men who were unclean because of contact with a dead body, and they could not keep the Passover on that day. They came before Moses and Aaron on that day,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there were certain men,{H582} who were unclean{H2931} by reason of the dead body{H5315} of a man,{H120} so that they could{H3201} not keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} on that day:{H3117} and they came{H7126} before{H6440} Moses{H4872} and before{H6440} Aaron{H175} on that day:{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there were certain men{H582}, who were defiled{H2931} by the dead body{H5315} of a man{H120}, that they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} on that day{H3117}: and they came{H7126}{(H8799)} before{H6440} Moses{H4872} and before{H6440} Aaron{H175} on that day{H3117}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And it chaunced that certayne men whyche were defyled with a deed corse that they myghte not offer Passeouer the same daye came before Moses and Aaron the same daye

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then were there certayne men defyled of a deed man, so that they coulde not kepe Easter vpon that daye: these came before Moses and Aaron the same daye,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And certaine men were defiled by a dead man, that they might not keepe the Passeouer the same day: and they came before Moses & before Aaron the same day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And certayne men were defiled by a dead man, that they myght not kepe the Passouer the same day, and they came before Moyses & Aaron the same day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And there were certain men who were unclean because of a dead body, so that they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

• World English Bible (2000)

  There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 18:15 : 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
• Num 27:2 : 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,
• Num 5:2 : 2 Command the children of Israel that they remove from the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead:
• Num 19:11 : 11 He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
• Num 19:16 : 16 And whoever touches someone who 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 on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
• Exod 18:19 : 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.
• Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
• John 18:28 : 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, and it was early. But they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.
• Num 27:5 : 5 And Moses brought their case before the LORD.
• Lev 21:11 : 11 Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
• Lev 24:11 : 11 And the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD and cursed. And they brought him to 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 separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
• Num 15:33 : 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.