Deuteronomy 31:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הֵ֣ן קָרְב֣וּ יָמֶיךָ֮ לָמוּת֒ קְרָ֣א אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֛וּ בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וַאֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ מֹשֶׁה֙ וִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer YHWH ʾel-mōšeh hēn qārəbû yāmeykā lāmût qərāʾ ʾet-yəhôšuaʿ wə-hitəyaṣṣəbû bə-ʾōhel môʿēd wa-ʾăṣawwennû wa-yēlek mōšeh wî-yəhôšuaʿ wa-yitəyaṣṣəbû bə-ʾōhel môʿēd

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said/spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾel-mōšeh*: preposition + proper noun - to/unto Moses
• *hēn*: interjection - behold/look
• *qārəbû*: perfect, 3rd common plural - have approached/are near
• *yāmeykā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days
• *lāmût*: preposition + infinitive construct - to die
• *qərāʾ*: imperative, masculine singular - call/summon
• *ʾet-yəhôšuaʿ*: direct object marker + proper noun - Joshua
• *wə-hitəyaṣṣəbû*: waw conjunctive + imperative, 2nd masculine plural - and present yourselves
• *bə-ʾōhel môʿēd*: preposition + noun construct phrase - in tent of meeting
• *wa-ʾăṣawwennû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 1st singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will commission him
• *wa-yēlek*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and went
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *wî-yəhôšuaʿ*: waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Joshua
• *wa-yitəyaṣṣəbû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they presented themselves

Word Meanings

• *qārəbû*: draw near/approach/be imminent
• *lāmût*: to die/for dying
• *qərāʾ*: call/summon/proclaim
• *hitəyaṣṣəbû*: present yourselves/stand/station yourselves
• *ʾăṣawwennû*: commission/command/instruct him
• *ʾōhel môʿēd*: tent of meeting/appointed place/tabernacle

Referenced Verses

• Num 27:13 : 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
• Deut 31:23 : 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
• Deut 34:5 : 5 So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
• Josh 23:14 : 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.
• Josh 24:1 : 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
• 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.
• 2 Kgs 1:4 : 4 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
• Job 1:6 : 6 Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.
• Job 2:1 : 1 Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.
• Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
• Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
• Acts 20:28-31 : 28 Take heed {G3767} unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood. 29 {G1063} I know {G5124} that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service.
• 2 Tim 4:1-4 : 1 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and of {G2962} Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
• Deut 32:50 : 50 and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
• Num 27:19-20 : 19 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
• Deut 31:2 : 2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
• Exod 34:2 : 2 And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.