Numbers
Numbers 16:28–29
28Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing: 29If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
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Numbers 16:28
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then Moses | מֹשֶׁה֒ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| said | וַיֹּאמֶר֮ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| This is how | בְּזֹאת֙ | bə·zōṯ | Preposition-b; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| you will know | תֵּֽדְע֔וּן | tê·ḏə·‘ūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H3045 know |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has sent me | שְׁלָחַ֔נִי | šə·lā·ḥa·nî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7971 send |
| to do | לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת | la·‘ă·śō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H6213 do, make |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| these | הָאֵ֑לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| things | הַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֖ים | ham·ma·‘ă·śîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H4639 deed, work |
| for | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| it was not | לֹ֖א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| my own doing | מִלִּבִּֽי׃ | mil·lib·bî | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
Numbers 16:29
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| these | אֵ֔לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| men die | יְמֻת֣וּן | yə·mu·ṯūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H4191 die |
| a natural death | כְּמ֤וֹת | kə·mō·wṯ | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H4194 death |
| or if they suffer | יִפָּקֵ֖ד | yip·pā·qêḏ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint |
| the fate | וּפְקֻדַּת֙ | ū·p̄ə·qud·daṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H6486 oversight, mustering, visitation, store |
| of all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| men | הָ֣אָדָ֔ם | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| then the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| sent me | שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ | šə·lā·ḥā·nî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7971 send |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 16:28 John 6:38 · Exodus 3:12 · John 5:36 · Jeremiah 23:16 · John 14:11 · Ezekiel 13:17 · Zechariah 2:9 · 1 Kings 18:36 · John 5:30 · John 11:42 · Deuteronomy 18:22 · Exodus 7:9
Numbers 16:29 Lamentations 4:22 · 1 Kings 22:28
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.