| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 14:16:1 ⧉מִבִּלְתִּ֞יmibiltibecause not Numbers 14:16:2 ⧉יְכֹ֣לֶתyekholetability Numbers 14:16:3 ⧉יְהוָ֗הyahwehLORD Numbers 14:16:4 ⧉לְהָבִיא֙lehavito bring Numbers 14:16:5 ⧉אֶת־הָעָ֣םethaamthis people Numbers 14:16:6 ⧉הַזֶּ֔הhazehthis Numbers 14:16:7 ⧉אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץelhaaretzinto the land Numbers 14:16:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣עashernishbathat he swore Numbers 14:16:9 ⧉לָהֶ֑םlahemto them Numbers 14:16:10 ⧉וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖םvayishkhatemand he has killed them Numbers 14:16:11 ⧉בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃bamidbarin the wilderness |
| 16. Formal Translation Because of the lack of ability of the LORD {Yahweh, Covenant Sovereign} to bring this people into the land that He swore to them, He slaughtered them in the wilderness. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation They will say it was because the LORD {Yahweh, Promise Keeper} was not able to bring these people into the land He had promised to them, so He slaughtered them in the wilderness. |