The Meaning of Numbers 26:61 Explained

Numbers 26:61

KJV: And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

YLT: and Nadab dieth -- Abihu also -- in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.

Darby: And Nadab and Abihu died, when they presented strange fire before Jehovah.

ASV: And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Nadab  and Abihu  died,  when they offered  strange  fire  before  the LORD. 

What does Numbers 26:61 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 26

1  The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
52  The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
57  The families and number of the Levites
63  None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai

What do the individual words in Numbers 26:61 mean?

And died Nadab and Abihu when they offered fire profane before Yahweh
וַיָּ֥מָת נָדָ֖ב וַאֲבִיה֑וּא בְּהַקְרִיבָ֥ם אֵשׁ־ זָרָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה

וַיָּ֥מָת  And  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
נָדָ֖ב  Nadab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָדָב  
Sense: eldest son of Aaron by Elisheba; struck dead before the sanctuary in the wilderness for kindling the censers with strange fire.
וַאֲבִיה֑וּא  and  Abihu 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיהוּא  
Sense: a son of Aaron destroyed for sacrificing strange fire to God.
בְּהַקְרִיבָ֥ם  when  they  offered 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
אֵשׁ־  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
זָרָ֖ה  profane 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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