NUMBERS 10:9

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.”

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Numbers 10:9 Translation & Meaning

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And if וְכִֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed if
ye go תָבֹ֨אוּ To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) go
to war מִלְחָמָ֜ה A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) war
in your land בְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
against עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications against
the enemy הַצַּר֙ Narrow enemy
that oppresseth הַצֹּרֵ֣ר To cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarm וַהֲרֵֽעֹתֶ֖ם To mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e., shout (for alarm or joy) then blow alarm
with the trumpets; בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֹ֑ת A trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note) trumpets
and ye shall be remembered וֲנִזְכַּרְתֶּ֗ם Properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male remembered
before לִפְנֵי֙ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the Lord יְהוָ֣ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
your God, אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
and ye shall be saved וְנֽוֹשַׁעְתֶּ֖ם Properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor saved
from your enemies. מֵאֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם׃ Hating; an adversary enemies

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  • 7  But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

  • 8  And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

  • 9  And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

  • 10  Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

  • 11  And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.




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