Numbers 10:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה לְ֠חֹבָב בֶּן־רְעוּאֵ֣ל הַמִּדְיָנִי֮ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֒ נֹסְעִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֹת֖וֹ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם לְכָ֤ה אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּ לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה דִּבֶּר־ט֖וֹב עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer Mōšeh to-Ḥōbāb ben-Rәʿûʾēl the-Midyānî ḥōtēn Mōšeh nōsʿîm we unto-the-māqôm which ʾāmar YHWH ʾōtô I-will-ʾettēn to-you lәkâh with-us and-hēṭabnû to-you for-YHWH dibber-ṭôb concerning-Yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *Ḥōbāb*: proper noun - Hobab
• *ben*: masculine singular noun construct - son of
• *Rәʿûʾēl*: proper noun - Reuel
• *Midyānî*: gentilic adjective, masculine singular - Midianite
• *ḥōtēn*: masculine singular noun construct - father-in-law of
• *nōsʿîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural - journeying
• *māqôm*: masculine singular noun - place
• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it
• *ʾettēn*: Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will give
• *lәkâh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - go/come
• *hēṭabnû*: Hiphil perfect, 1st common plural - we will do good
• *dibber*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has spoken
• *ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *wayyōʾmer*: and he said/spoke
• *ḥōtēn*: father-in-law/relative by marriage
• *nōsʿîm*: journeying/traveling/setting out
• *māqôm*: place/site/location
• *ʾāmar*: said/promised/declared
• *ʾettēn*: I will give/grant
• *lәkâh*: go/come
• *hēṭabnû*: we will do good/treat well/be good
• *dibber*: has spoken/promised/declared
• *ṭôb*: good/goodness/prosperity

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:7 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
• Exod 2:18 : 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
• Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
• Judg 4:11 : 11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the sons of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
• Exod 6:7-8 : 7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Gen 32:12 : 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Gen 13:15 : 15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
• Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Exod 18:1 : 1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.
• Exod 18:27 : 27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
• Judg 1:16 : 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
• 1 Sam 15:6 : 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
• Ps 34:8 : 8 Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.
• Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
• Jer 50:5 : 5 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
• Zech 8:21-23 : 21 and the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah. 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
• Acts 7:5 : 5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
• Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: {G2532} he that will, let him take the water of life freely.