Numbers
Numbers 11:24–25
24So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. 25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied — but they never did so again.
Word by word
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Numbers 11:24
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Moses | מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| went out | וַיֵּצֵ֣א | way·yê·ṣê | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| and relayed | וַיְדַבֵּר֙ | way·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the people | הָעָ֔ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| the words | דִּבְרֵ֣י | diḇ·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and he gathered | וַיֶּאֱסֹ֞ף | way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H622 gather, remove |
| seventy | שִׁבְעִ֥ים | šiḇ·‘îm | Number - common plural | H7657 seventy |
| of the elders | מִזִּקְנֵ֣י | miz·ziq·nê | Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine plural construct | H2205 old |
| of the people | הָעָ֔ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| and had them stand | וַֽיַּעֲמֵ֥ד | way·ya·‘ă·mêḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| around | סְבִיבֹ֥ת | sə·ḇî·ḇōṯ | Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
| the tent | הָאֹֽהֶל׃ | hā·’ō·hel | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H168 tent |
Numbers 11:25
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה׀ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| came down | וַיֵּ֨רֶד | way·yê·reḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| in the cloud | בֶּעָנָן֮ | be·‘ā·nān | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6051 cloud-mass, cloud |
| and spoke | וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | way·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| to him | אֵלָיו֒ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| and He took | וַיָּ֗אצֶל | way·yā·ṣel | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H680 lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold |
| some of | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the Spirit | הָר֙וּחַ֙ | hā·rū·aḥ | Article; Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| was on | עָלָ֔יו | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| and placed | וַיִּתֵּ֕ן | way·yit·tên | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| that Spirit on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the seventy | שִׁבְעִ֥ים | šiḇ·‘îm | Number - common plural | H7657 seventy |
| elders | הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים | haz·zə·qê·nîm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H2205 old |
| As the Spirit | הָר֔וּחַ | hā·rū·aḥ | Article; Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| rested | כְּנ֤וֹחַ | kə·nō·w·aḥ | Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5117 rest |
| on them | עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ‘ă·lê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H5921 height |
| they prophesied | וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ | way·yiṯ·nab·bə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5012 prophesy |
| but they never | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| did so again | יָסָֽפוּ׃ | yā·sā·p̄ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3254 add |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 11:24 Numbers 11:16 · Numbers 11:26
Numbers 11:25 Numbers 11:17 · Joel 2:28–29 · 1 Corinthians 14:1–3 · Numbers 12:5 · 1 Samuel 10:10 · 1 Samuel 10:5–6 · 2 Peter 1:21 · 2 Kings 2:15 · Acts 2:17–18 · 1 Samuel 19:20–24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.