Numbers 17:2
“Speak to the people of Israel and get staffs from them, one for each ancestral tribe, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָשִׂיאnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭeha branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figura
- כָּתַבkâthabto grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- עָשָׂרʻâsârten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimtwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 21:10, Num 1:5–16, Ezk 37:16–20, Exo 4:17, Ezk 21:13, Exo 4:2, Mic 7:14, Ezk 19:14