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And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.Lachand he sent
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 1
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 2
לִקְרֹ֛אlik.Ro'to summon
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 3
לְדָתָ֥ןle.da.Tan<to> Dathan
Lemma: דָּתָן (da.tan) · Strong's: H1885
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Dathan
Used 10 times. Also: Numbers 16:1, Numbers 16:24, Numbers 16:25, Numbers 16:27, Numbers 26:9, Deuteronomy 11:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1885; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 4
וְלַאֲבִירָ֖םve.la.'a.vi.Ramand <to> Abiram
Lemma: אֲבִירָם (a.vi.ram) · Strong's: H0048G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abiram
Used 10 times. Also: Numbers 16:1, Numbers 16:24, Numbers 16:25, Numbers 16:27, Numbers 26:9, Deuteronomy 11:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0048G; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 5
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 6
אֱלִיאָ֑ב'e.li.'AvEliab
Lemma: אֱלִיאָב (e.li.av) · Strong's: H0446H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Eliab
Used 5 times. Also: Numbers 16:1, Numbers 26:8, Numbers 26:9, Deuteronomy 11:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0446H; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 7
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 8
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 9
נַעֲלֶֽה\׃na.'a.Lehwe will come up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Numbers 16:12 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
| summoned | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| . . . | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| Dathan | → | דָּתָן H1885 Dathan |
| and Abiram | → | אֲבִירָם H0048G Abiram |
| the sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Eliab | → | אֱלִיאָב H0446H Eliab |
| but they said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| We will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| come | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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