What Does Numbers 12:13 Mean in the King James?
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew repeats נָא (na, “please”) around “heal”; the KJV renders the two occurrences as “now” and “I beseech thee,” hiding how the plea itself wraps the request.
THE MEANING
A cry places the suffering person directly before God and asks for restoration now. The need is not disguised or made abstract; it is named as a request for her healing.
THE ROOT
רְפָא
refa
GROWS FROM
רפא
To heal, restore health.
The root רפא (rapha, heal) also yields רֹפֵא (rofe, healer) and רְפוּאָה (refu’ah, healing), keeping the request bound to both the one who heals and the work of restoration. Its close consonant echo with רפה (raphah, loosen or release) lets healing carry the sense of release: the grip of what constricts gives way as wholeness is restored.
ALSO GROWS
rofe: Healer; one who heals.
רֹפֵא
This branch names the one associated with the act Moses asks God to perform.
refu’ah: Healing; remedy.
רְפוּאָה
This branch names the restoration held inside the plea, beyond the verb asking for it.
THE PATTERN
Healing is named as restoration in a direct appeal to God, and the request can be made on behalf of another.
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.THE THREAD
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.Psalm 30:2 joins a cry to the LORD with healing through the same Hebrew root רפא (rapha, heal). Numbers holds the cry as a plea for someone else; the psalm lets that same verb name the restoration received.
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