King James Version

Numbers 3:14

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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וַיְדַבֵּ֤רvaydaberand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.יְהוָה֙yehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).מֹשֶׁ֔הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.בְּמִדְבַּ֥רbemidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in desert”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.סִינַ֖יsinaySinaiסִינַיnoun, proper name — “Sinai”H5514Sinai, mountain of ArabiaSinai.לֵאמֹֽרlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

World English Bible

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

Darby Translation

And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

Douay-Rheims

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Σινᾷ, λέγων,