Numbers

Numbers 11:25

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.

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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

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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.