Exodus 17:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wa-yōʾmer mōsheh unto-yəhôshûaʿ bəḥar-for-us ʾănāshîm and-wətsēʾ hillāḥēm against-ʿămālēq māḥār ʾānōkî nitstsāb on-rōʾsh the-gibʿāh and-maṭṭēh the-ʾělōhîm in-yādî.

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*mōsheh*: proper noun - Moses
*yəhôshûaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
*bəḥar*: qal imperative masculine singular - choose
*ʾănāshîm*: masculine plural noun - men
*wətsēʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperative masculine singular - and go out
*hillāḥēm*: niphal imperative masculine singular - fight
*ʿămālēq*: proper noun - Amalek
*māḥār*: adverb - tomorrow
*ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
*nitstsāb*: niphal participle masculine singular - standing/positioned
*rōʾsh*: masculine singular construct - head/top of
*gibʿāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the hill
*maṭṭēh*: masculine singular construct - staff of
*ʾělōhîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the God/gods
*yādî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my hand

Word Meanings

*wa-yōʾmer*: said/spoke/commanded
*bəḥar*: choose/select/pick
*ʾănāshîm*: men/males/people
*wətsēʾ*: go out/come out/depart
*hillāḥēm*: fight/do battle/wage war
*māḥār*: tomorrow/in the future
*nitstsāb*: standing/positioned/stationed
*rōʾsh*: head/top/summit
*gibʿāh*: hill/height
*maṭṭēh*: staff/rod/stick
*ʾělōhîm*: God/gods/divine being

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 24:13 : 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 4:20 : 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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.
Exod 4:2 : 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
Acts 7:45 : 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Heb 4:8 : 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Exod 17:13 : 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Num 11:28 : 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
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.
Num 31:3-4 : 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 17:10-16
7 verses
89%
10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
16For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Exod 17:8
82%
8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Exod 24:13-14
2 verses
77%
13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
14And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
Exod 17:4-6
3 verses
76%
4And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Num 32:20
73%
20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Num 14:25-26
2 verses
73%
25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 20:9
73%
9And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
Num 31:3
73%
3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
Deut 31:7
72%
7And 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.
Exod 19:3
72%
3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Num 27:18
72%
18And 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;
Num 14:13
72%
13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it,(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Num 17:1
71%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 17:5
71%
5And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
Num 17:9
71%
9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
Exod 19:17
71%
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Num 27:22
71%
22And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
Exod 4:17
71%
17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
Deut 31:14
71%
14And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exod 7:15
71%
15Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Exod 4:20
71%
20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
Exod 4:2
71%
2And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
Deut 31:23
70%
23And 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.
Deut 25:17
70%
17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
Josh 5:13
70%
13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Num 27:15
70%
15And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
Exod 34:2
69%
2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Judg 20:28
69%
28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
Num 32:28
69%
28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Exod 32:26
69%
26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
Num 9:8
69%
8And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
Exod 14:13-14
2 verses
69%
13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Exod 18:13
69%
13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.