Numbers 32:10

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,

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וַיִּֽחַר

chârâh

H2734

“and · to be angry”

Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

Appears 90× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 4:5

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root [compare H2787 ]

TWOT: 736

to be hot, furious, burn, become angry, be kindled - (Qal) to burn, kindle (anger) - (Niphal) to be angry with, be incensed - (Hiphil) to burn, kindle - (Hithpael) to heat oneself in vexation

About this verse

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7: words
7: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
2 nouns
1 pronoun
1 particle

Verb forms

וַיִּֽחַר Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע Niphal · Sequential Imperfect
לֵאמֹֽר Qal · Infinitive Construct

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 11 words from the Hebrew and 12 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 7 Hebrew tokens and 11 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 32:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 14:11 Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
Numbers 14:21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;
Numbers 14:23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it:
Numbers 14:29 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
Deuteronomy 1:34–40 Yahweh heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,
Psalms 95:11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."
Ezekiel 20:15 Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Hebrews 3:8–19 Don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 32:10 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּֽחַר אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע לֵאמֹֽר

Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 32:10 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὀργίζω θυμός κύριος ἐν ὁ ἡμέρα ἐκεῖνος καί ὄμνυμι λέγω

And the Lord was very angry in that day, and swore, saying,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דַיְיָ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וְקַיֵים לְמֵימָר

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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דַיְיָ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וְקַיֵים לְמֵימָר

And the anger of the Lord was that day moved, and He sware, saying

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 32:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

John Gill's Exposition

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upwards,.... See Num 14:28.

shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; the land of Canaan, which at various times he sware to give to them, and to their posterity:

because they have not wholly followed me; the laws which he prescribed them, the directions he gave them, and particularly the orders they had to go up and possess the land at once, Deu 1:21.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Yahweh's anger was kindled

Yahweh becoming angry is spoken of as if his anger was a fire that begins to burn. This can be stated in active form. AT: "Yahweh became very angry" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)

none of the men

"none of the people." This phrase refers to both men and women.

twenty years old and up

"20 years old or older" (See: Numbers)

completely followed me

Being devoted to Yahweh and obeying him are spoken of as if they were following Yahweh. AT: "completely obeyed me" or "been completely devoted to me" (See: Metaphor)

Jephunneh ... Nun

These are names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)

Kenizzite

This is the name of a people group. (See: How to Translate Names)

translationWords

oath

Egypt

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Caleb

Joshua

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 7 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is chârâh (“to be angry”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to be angry” (chârâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Numbers 14:11 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «וַיִּֽחַר» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how John Gill's Exposition and unfoldingWord translationNotes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 7 Hebrew ↔ 11 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 12 words in this verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.