Numbers 13:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֚לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָת֣וּר אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בִּן־נ֖וּן יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃

Transliteration

ʾēlleh šəmôt hā-ʾănāšîm ʾăšer-šālaḥ mōšeh lātûr ʾet-hā-ʾāreṣ wa-yiqrāʾ mōšeh lə-hôšēaʿ bin-nûn yəhôšuaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these
*šəmôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - names of
*hā-ʾănāšîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the men
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - whom
*šālaḥ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - sent
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*lātûr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to spy out
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*wa-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*lə-hôšēaʿ*: preposition + proper noun - to Hoshea
*bin*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*nûn*: proper noun - Nun
*yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua

Word Meanings

*lātûr*: to spy out/to explore/to search
*yiqrāʾ*: called/named

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 13:8 : 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
Num 14:6 : 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:
Num 14:30 : 30 surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Deut 32:44 : 44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Acts 7:45 : 45 Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Rom 9:25 : 25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
Heb 4:8 : 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, {G302} he would not have spoken {G5023} afterward of another day.
Exod 17:9 : 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

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Num 13:8
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8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
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27Nun his son, Joshua his son.
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Num 26:65
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Deut 1:38
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Josh 2:1
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Deut 31:23
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Josh 22:1
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Josh 4:2
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1 Chr 25:24
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Josh 18:9
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Exod 24:13
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