Numbers 16:48ExegesisTAB

Numbers 16 : 48 · WLC 17:13 Intercession | Death | Restoration
48. Linguistic Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive forms vayya'amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | va-ya-ʿa-mō-ḏ} ‘and he stood’ and vatte'atzar {וַתֵּעָצַר | va-tê-ʿā-ṣar} ‘and it was stopped’ to present sequential actions. The paired prepositions bein...ubein {בֵּין...וּבֵין | bêyn...û-bêyn} ‘between...and between’ establish a clear spatial and existential boundary between hametim {הַמֵּתִים | hā-mê-tîm} ‘the dead’ and hachayyim {הַחַיִּים | ha-ḥa-yîm} ‘the living,’ highlighting mediation. The Nifal form of vatte'atzar indicates a stative or passive event for hammappegah {הַמַּגֵּפָה | hā-ma-ggê-p̄â} ‘the plague,’ which is rendered in the target language as a halted or stopped event to preserve the passive nuance. The sustained “between…and between” in the English ensures the Hebrew structural emphasis and theological import are maintained.

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