Numbers

Numbers 11:24–26

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.

²⁶Two men, however, had remained in the camp — one named Eldad and the other Medad — and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

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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

Numbers 11:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Two	שְׁנֵֽי־	šə·nê-	Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
men	אֲנָשִׁ֣ים׀	’ă·nā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
however	וַיִּשָּׁאֲר֣וּ	way·yiš·šā·’ă·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7604 remain, be left over
had remained	וַיִּשָּׁאֲר֣וּ	way·yiš·šā·’ă·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7604 remain, be left over
in the camp	בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֡ה	bam·ma·ḥă·neh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H4264 encampment, camp
one	הָאֶחָ֣ד׀	hā·’e·ḥāḏ	Article; Number - masculine singular	H259 one
named	שֵׁ֣ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
Eldad	אֶלְדָּ֡ד	’el·dāḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H419 Eldad
and the other	הַשֵּׁנִ֨י	haš·šê·nî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H8145 second
Medad	מֵידָ֜ד	mê·ḏāḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4312 Medad
and the Spirit	הָר֗וּחַ	hā·rū·aḥ	Article; Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
rested	וַתָּ֧נַח	wat·tā·naḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5117 rest
on them	עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
They	וְהֵ֙מָּה֙	wə·hêm·māh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
were among those listed	בַּכְּתֻבִ֔ים	bak·kə·ṯu·ḇîm	Preposition-b, Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural	H3789 write
but they had not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
gone out	יָצְא֖וּ	yā·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3318 go or come out
to the tent	הָאֹ֑הֱלָה	hā·’ō·hĕ·lāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H168 tent
and they prophesied	וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ	way·yiṯ·nab·bə·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5012 prophesy
in the camp	בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃	bam·ma·ḥă·neh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H4264 encampment, camp

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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

Numbers 11:26 Jeremiah 36:5 · 1 Samuel 20:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.