Numbers 27:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה קַח־לְךָ֙ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ר֣וּחַ בּ֑וֹ וְסָמַכְתָּ֥ אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ עָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wə-yōʾmer YHWH to-mōšeh qaḥ-to you ʾet-yəhôšuaʿ ben-nûn, ʾîš ʾăšer-rûaḥ in him, and wə-sāmaḵtā ʾet-yāḏəḵā upon him.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - the LORD
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
• *qaḥ*: qal imperative masculine singular - take
• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to/for yourself
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *yəhôšuaʿ*: proper name - Joshua
• *ben*: masculine singular construct - son of
• *nûn*: proper name - Nun
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
• *rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - spirit
• *bô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in him
• *wə-sāmaḵtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall lay
• *yāḏəḵā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him

Word Meanings

• *qaḥ*: take/seize/fetch
• *ʾîš* *ʾăšer*-*rûaḥ* *bô*: a man in whom is spirit/a man who has the spirit
• *sāmaḵtā*: lay/place/lean
• *yāḏəḵā*: your hand/authority

Referenced Verses

• Deut 34:9 : 9 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Gen 41:38 : 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
• Num 27:23 : 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
• Judg 3:10 : 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
• Dan 5:14 : 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
• Acts 19:6 : 6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
• 1 Cor 12:4-9 : 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
• 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
• 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
• Heb 6:2 : 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
• John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].
• Acts 6:3 : 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
• Acts 6:6 : 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.
• Acts 8:15-19 : 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 13:3 : 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.
• Judg 11:29 : 29 ¶ Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon.
• 1 Sam 16:13-14 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
• 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.
• Deut 3:28 : 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
• Deut 31:7-8 : 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
• Deut 31:23 : 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
• 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 mine hand.
• Num 11:17 : 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.
• Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two [of the] men in the camp, the name of the one [was] Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they [were] of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, [and] that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
• Num 13:8 : 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
• Num 13:16 : 16 These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.