Targum Onkelos Numbers · chapter 12

Tap any Aramaic word to trace it to its Jastrow dictionary entry.

1. 1

   וּמַלֵלַת מִרְיָם וְאַהֲרֹן בְּמשֶׁה עַל עֵסַק אִתְּתָא שַׁפִּרְתָּא דִי נְסִיב אֲרֵי אִתְּתָא שַׁפֻּרְתָּא דִנְסִיב רָחִיק

   Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

2. 2

   וַאֲמָרוּ הַלְחוֹד בְּרַם בְּמשֶׁה מַלִיל יְיָ הֲלָא אַף עִמָנָא מַלִיל וּשְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ

   “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

3. 3

   וְגַבְרָא משֶׁה עִנְוְתָן לַחֲדָא מִכֹּל אֱנָשָׁא דִי עַל אַפֵי אַרְעָא

   Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

4. 4

   וַאֲמַר יְיָ בִּתְכֵּף לְמשֶׁה וּלְאַהֲרֹן וּלְמִרְיָם פּוּקוּ תְלָתֵיכוֹן לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וּנְפָקוּ תְּלָתֵיהוֹן

   And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

5. 5

   וְאִתְגְלֵי יְיָ בְּעַמוּדָא דַעֲנָנָא וְקָם בִּתְרַע מַשְׁכְּנָא וּקְרָא אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם וּנְפָקוּ תַּרְוֵיהוֹן

   and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

6. 6

   וַאֲמַר שְׁמָעוּ כְעַן פִּתְגָמָי אִם יְהוֹן לְכוֹן נְבִיאִין אֲנָא יְיָ בְּחֶזְוָן אֲנָא מִתְגְלֵי לְהוֹן בְּחֶלְמִין אֲנָא מְמַלֵל עִמְהוֹן

   He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

7. 7

   לָא כֵן עַבְדִי משֶׁה בְּכָל בֵּיתִי מְהֵימָן הוּא

   But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

8. 8

   מַמְלַל עִם מַמְלַל מַלֶלְנָא עִמֵהּ בְּחֵזוּ וְלָא בְחִדְוָן וּדְמוּת יְקָרָא דַיְיָ מִסְתַּכַּל וּמָא דֵין לָא דְחֶלְתּוּן לְמַלָלָא בְּעַבְדִי בְמשֶׁה

   I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

9. 9

   וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דַיְיָ בְּהוֹן וְאִסְתַּלֵק

   So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.

10. 10

    וַעֲנָנָא אִסְתַּלַק מֵעִלָוֵי מַשְׁכְּנָא וְהָא מִרְיָם חַוְרָא כְּתַלְגָא וְאִתְפְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן לְוָת מִרְיָם וְהָא סְגִירָת

    As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

11. 11

    וַאֲמַר אַהֲרֹן לְמשֶׁה בְּבָעוּ רִבּוֹנִי לָא כְעַן תְּשַׁוִי עֲלָנָא חוֹבָא דְאִטְפַּשְׁנָא וְדִי סָרֲחְנָא

    and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

12. 12

    לָא כְעַן תִּתְרַחֵק דָא מִבֵּינָנָא אֲרֵי אֲחַתָנָא הִיא צַלִי כְעַן עַל בִּסְרָא מִיתָא הָדֵין דִי בָהּ וְיִתָּסֵי

    Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

13. 13

    וְצַלִי משֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ לְמֵימָר אֱלָהָא בְּבָעוּ אַסֵי כְעַן יָתָהּ

    So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

14. 14

    וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה וְאִלוּ אָבוּהָא מִנְזַף נְזִיף בָּהּ הֲלָא תִתְכְּלֵם שַׁבְעָא יוֹמִין תִּסְתַּגֵר שַׁבְעָא יוֹמִין מִבָּרָא לְמַשְׁרִיתָא וּבָתַר כֵּן תִּתְכְּנֵשׁ

    But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

15. 15

    וְאִסְתְּגָרַת מִרְיָם מִבָּרָא לְמַשְׁרִיתָא שַׁבְעָא יוֹמִין וְעַמָא לָא נְטַל עַד דְאִתְכְּנֵשַׁת מִרְיָם

    So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.

16. 16

    וּבָתַר כֵּן נְטָלוּ עַמָא מֵחֲצֵרוֹת וּשְׁרוֹ בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְפָארָן

    After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.