Numbers 6:23

World English Bible (2000)

"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֤ר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶל־בָּנָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֥ה תְבָרֲכ֖וּ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אָמ֖וֹר לָהֶֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

dabbēr ʾel-ʾAhărōn wə-ʾel-bānāyw lēʾmōr kōh təḇārăḵû ʾet-bənê Yiśrāʾēl ʾāmôr lāhem

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *wə-ʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and to
• *bānāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *kōh*: adverb - thus/in this way
• *təḇārăḵû*: Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall bless
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾāmôr*: Qal infinitive absolute - saying
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them

Word Meanings

• *təḇārăḵû*: you shall bless/you should bless
• *ʾāmôr*: saying/to say

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 23:13 : 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
• Deut 21:5 : 5 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
• Deut 10:8 : 8 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
• Deut 33:1 : 1 This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
• Josh 8:33 : 33 All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of Yahweh's covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
• Luke 24:50-51 : 50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:3 : 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 13:14 : 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
• Heb 7:1 : 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
• Heb 7:7 : 7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
• Heb 11:20-21 : 20 By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. 21 By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
• 2 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
• 2 John 1:3 : 3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
• Gen 14:19-20 : 19 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
• Gen 24:60 : 60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."
• Gen 27:27-29 : 27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed. 28 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. 29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
• Gen 28:3-4 : 3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples, 4 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
• Gen 47:7 : 7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
• Gen 47:10 : 10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
• Gen 48:20 : 20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
• Lev 9:22-23 : 22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. 23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.