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Numbers 12:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother’s womb!”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed at the time of his birth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Let her not be as one stillborn, half of whose flesh is consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Let her not, I beseech thee, remain like the still-born,—which, when it is born of its mother, the half of its flesh is consumed.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— let her not, I pray thee, be as [one] dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother—the half of his flesh is consumed.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother's womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Let her not, I pray thee, be as one dead, of whome the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Let her not bee as one dead, of whom the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother's womb, when [the disease] devours the half of the flesh.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Let x4994
(4994) Complement
נָא
na'
{naw}
A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered I pray, now or then; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjugation.
her not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
as one dead, 4191
{4191} Prime
מָמוֹת
muwth
{mooth}
A primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively to kill.
y4994
[4994] Standard
נָא
na'
{naw}
A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered I pray, now or then; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjugation.
z8801
<8801> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 309
of whom x834
(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
the flesh 1320
{1320} Prime
בָּשָׂר
basar
{baw-sawr'}
From H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension body, person; also (by euphemism) the pudenda of a man.
is half 2677
{2677} Prime
חֲצִי
chetsiy
{khay-tsee'}
From H2673; the half or middle.
consumed 398
{0398} Prime
אָכַל
'akal
{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
when he cometh out 3318
{3318} Prime
יָצָא
yatsa'
{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
of his mother's 517
{0517} Prime
אֵם
'em
{ame}
A primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively); (like H0001).
womb. 7358
{7358} Prime
רֶחֶם
rechem
{rekh'-em}
From H7355; the womb (compare H7356).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 12:11-13.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 12:10-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 12:12

As one dead — Because part of her flesh was putrefied and dead, and not to be restored but by the mighty power of God. Like a still — born child, that hath been for some time dead in the womb, which when it comes forth, is putrefied, and part of it consumed.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Numbers 12:12

Let her not be as one (g) dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

(g) As a child that is stillborn, as if it is only the skin.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
as one dead:

Psalms 88:4-5 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength: ... Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Ephesians 2:1-5 And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins; ... Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
1 Timothy 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

of whom:

Job 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
Psalms 58:8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
1 Corinthians 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 3:16. Ps 58:8; 88:4. 1Co 15:8. Ep 2:1. Col 2:13. 1Ti 5:6.

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