Joshua 3:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now then, select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ שְׁנֵ֣י עָשָׂ֣ר אִ֔ישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃

Transliteration

and-now qəḥû to-you šənê ʿāśār ʾîš from-šibṭê yiśrāʾēl ʾîš-ʾeḥād ʾîš-ʾeḥād for-ha-šābeṭ

Grammar Details

• *qəḥû*: qal imperative 2mp - take
• *šənê*: numeral, masculine dual construct - two of
• *ʿāśār*: numeral - ten
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *šibṭê*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
• *ha-šābeṭ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the tribe

Word Meanings

• *šənê* *ʿāśār*: twelve
• *ʾîš*-*ʾeḥād* *ʾîš*-*ʾeḥād*: one man, one man (distributive repetition)

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Take now therfore twolue men out of ye trybes of Israel, out of euery trybe one.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therfore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 4:2 : 2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one man from each tribe,
• Josh 4:4 : 4 So Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen from the Israelites, one man from each tribe,
• Josh 4:9 : 9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, under the place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.