NUMBERS 11:29

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“And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!”

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Numbers 11:29 Translation & Meaning

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And Moses מֹשֶׁ֔ה Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses
said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
unto him, Enviest הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥א To be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e., (in a bad sense) jealous or envious Enviest
thou אַתָּ֖ה Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you thou
for my sake? would God וּמִ֨י Who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix sake would God
that all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
the יִתֵּ֜ן To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) the
Lord's יְהוָה֙ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lords
people עַ֤ם A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
were prophets, נְבִיאִ֔ים A prophet or (generally) inspired man prophets
and (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
that כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed that
the Lord יְהוָ֛ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
would put יִתֵּ֧ן To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) would put
his spirit רוּח֖וֹ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) spirit
upon עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
them! עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications them

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  • 27  And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

  • 28  And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

  • 29  And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!

  • 30  And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  • 31  And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.




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