King James Version

Numbers 8:5

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvaydaberand 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.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, 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).מֹשֶׁ֥הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.לֵּאמֹֽרlemorto 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, saying:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

World English Bible

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Darby Translation

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Douay-Rheims

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων,