Joshua 22:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה נְשִׂאִים֙ עִמּ֔וֹ נָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד נָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לְכֹ֖ל מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאִ֨ישׁ רֹ֧אשׁ בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם הֵ֖מָּה לְאַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿăśārāh nəśiʾîm with him, nāśîʾ ʾeḥād nāśîʾ ʾeḥād lə-bêt ʾāb lə-kōl maṭṭôt yiśrāʾēl wə-ʾîš rōʾš bêt-ʾăbôtām hēmmāh lə-ʾalpê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿăśārāh*: waw-conjunctive + cardinal number, feminine - and ten
*nəśiʾîm*: noun, masculine plural - chiefs/leaders/princes
*ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him
*nāśîʾ ʾeḥād*: noun + cardinal number - one leader/prince (repeated for emphasis)
*lə-bêt ʾāb*: preposition + construct noun + noun - for a father's house/family
*lə-kōl*: preposition + noun - for all/every
*maṭṭôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes/staffs of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wə-ʾîš*: waw-conjunctive + noun - and each man/person
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular construct - head of
*bêt-ʾăbôtām*: construct noun + noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - house of their fathers
*hēmmāh*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*lə-ʾalpê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - for the thousands of

Word Meanings

*nəśiʾîm*: chiefs/leaders/princes/rulers
*bêt ʾāb*: father's house/family/clan
*maṭṭôt*: tribes/staffs/branches
*rōʾš*: head/chief/leader
*ʾalpê*: thousands/clans/military units

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 1:4 : 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Exod 18:25 : 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 1:16
80%
16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Num 1:44
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44These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Num 1:4
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4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Num 7:2
75%
2That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
Deut 1:15
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15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Num 31:4-5
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74%
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
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Num 10:4
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4And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
1 Chr 13:1
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1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
1 Chr 5:24
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24And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
1 Chr 28:1
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1And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
Judg 20:10
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1 Chr 27:22
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22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
1 Chr 26:32
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32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
Num 34:18
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18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Exod 18:25
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25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
1 Chr 12:30-32
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30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
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1 Chr 29:6
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1 Chr 23:2
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Josh 22:15
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Num 17:2
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Josh 21:1
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Ezek 22:6
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Num 13:2
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Ps 68:27
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Judg 20:2
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1 Chr 11:10
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Josh 22:21
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1 Kgs 20:15
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Josh 3:12
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Josh 22:13
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1 Chr 7:9
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1 Chr 24:4
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1 Chr 27:1
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Num 2:28
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Deut 29:10
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Deut 1:13
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Exod 18:21
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1 Chr 12:14
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1 Chr 12:34
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Josh 7:14
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Num 36:1
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Num 10:22
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2 Chr 17:14
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2 Chr 1:2
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