King James Version
Numbers 12:3 in the King James Version says “(Now the man Moses was very meek , above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(Now the man Moses was very meek , above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)”
Numbers 12:3 · KJV
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. Ethiopian: or, Cushite married: Heb. taken
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
(Now the man Moses was very meek , above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now the man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“meek”
H6035depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
“was very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“above all the men”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“which were upon the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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