Numbers 12 — Rabbi

Numbers 12:1

וַתְּדַבֵּ֨ר

dâbar

and — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue מִרְיָ֤ם

Miryâm

Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses וְאַהֲרֹן֙

ʼAhărôwn

and — Aharon, the brother of Moses בְּמֹשֶׁ֔ה

Môsheh

in/with/by — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver עַל

ʻal

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications אֹד֛וֹת

ʼôwdôwth

turnings (i.e. occasions); (adverb) on account of הָאִשָּׁ֥ה

ʼishshâh

the — a woman הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית

Kûwshîyth

the — a Cushite woman אֲשֶׁ֣ר

ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. לָקָ֑ח

lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications) כִּֽי

kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed אִשָּׁ֥ה

ʼishshâh

a woman כֻשִׁ֖ית

Kûwshîyth

a Cushite woman לָקָֽח

lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

Numbers 12:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

Now Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);

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The stated complaint is about Moses' marriage; the real one surfaces immediately in the next verse - "Hasn't he spoken also with us?" This is a challenge to Moses' unique authority, using his wife as the opening pretext rather than the actual issue.

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“Now Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);”

Numbers 12:1

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