Numbers
Numbers 16:3
3They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves!a For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
Footnotes
- a 16:3 Figuratively You have gone too far or You have appropriated too much authority to yourselves; similarly in verse 7
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They came together | וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ | way·yiq·qā·hă·lū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6950 assemble as a קָהָל |
| against | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| and | וְעַֽל־ | wə·‘al- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5921 height |
| Aaron | אַהֲרֹ֗ן | ’a·hă·rōn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H175 Aaron |
| and told them | וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| too much | רַב־ | raḇ- | Adverb | H7227 much, many, great |
| upon yourselves | לָכֶם֒ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| everyone | כָל־ | ḵāl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| in the entire | כֻּלָּ֣ם | kul·lām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H3605 the whole, all |
| congregation | הָֽעֵדָה֙ | hā·‘ê·ḏāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5712 congregation |
| is holy | קְדֹשִׁ֔ים | qə·ḏō·šîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H6918 sacred, holy |
| and the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| is in their midst | וּבְתוֹכָ֖ם | ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵām | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H8432 midst |
| Why | וּמַדּ֥וּעַ | ū·mad·dū·a‘ | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| then do you exalt | תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ | tiṯ·naś·śə·’ū | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| yourselves above | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the assembly | קְהַ֥ל | qə·hal | Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| of the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 106:16 · Exodus 19:6 · Numbers 14:14 · Acts 7:51 · Numbers 16:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.