Numbers 9:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Thoseהָהֵ֙מָּה֙
(ha·hem·mah)
1992a: theya prim. pronoun
menהָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים
(ha·'a·na·shim)
376: manfrom an unused word
saidוַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ
(vai·yo·me·ru)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to him, "[Though] we are uncleanטְמֵאִ֖ים
(te·me·'im)
2931: uncleanfrom tame
because of [the] dead person,לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ
(le·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
whyלָ֣מָּה
(lam·mah)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
are we restrainedנִגָּרַ֗ע
(nig·ga·ra)
1639: to diminish, restrain, withdrawa prim. root
from presentingהַקְרִ֜ב
(hak·riv)
7126: to come near, approacha prim. root
the offeringקָרְבַּ֤ן
(ka·re·ban)
7133a: offering, oblationfrom qarab
of the LORDיְהוָה֙
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
at its appointed timeבְּמֹ֣עֲדֹ֔ו
(be·mo·'a·dov,)
4150: appointed time, place, or meetingfrom yaad
amongבְּתֹ֖וךְ
(be·to·vch)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
the sonsבְּנֵ֥י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israel?"יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
(yis·ra·'el.)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el


















KJV Lexicon
And those
hem  (haym)
they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, so, such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
men
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto him We are defiled
tame'  (taw-may')
foul in a relig. sense -- defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
by the dead body
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of a man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
wherefore are we kept back
gara`  (gaw-rah')
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold -- abate, clip, (di-)minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
that we may not offer
qarab  (kaw-rab')
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
an offering
qorban  (kor-bawn')
something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present -- oblation, that is offered, offering.
of the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
in his appointed season
mow`ed  (mo-ade')
appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
among
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Those men said to him, "Though we are unclean because of the dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?"

King James Bible
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and said to him, "We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites?"

International Standard Version
and asked, "Why can't we bring an offering to the LORD at the appointed time among the Israelis, even though we are unclean because we came in contact with a corpse?"

NET Bible
And those men said to him, "We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the LORD's offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and said, "We are unclean because we touched a dead body. Why won't you let us bring our offerings to the LORD at the same time the rest of the Israelites bring their offerings?"

King James 2000 Bible
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in its appointed time among the children of Israel?
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