Exodus 32:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֧ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־ק֥וֹל הָעָ֖ם בְּרֵעֹ֑ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה ק֥וֹל מִלְחָמָ֖ה בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyishma Yehoshua 'et-qol the-'am in-re'oh and-wayyomer to-Mosheh qol milchamah in-the-machaneh.

Grammar Details

• *wayyishma*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - heard
• *Yehoshua*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joshua
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *qol*: noun, masculine singular construct - sound of
• *'am*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
• *re'oh*: noun, feminine singular with preposition - in shouting
• *wayyomer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - said
• *Mosheh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
• *milchamah*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle
• *machaneh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition - in the camp

Word Meanings

• *qol*: voice/sound/noise
• *re'oh*: shouting/crying out/loud noise
• *milchamah*: war/battle/fighting

Referenced Verses

• Exod 17:9 : 9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
• Exod 24:13 : 13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.
• Exod 32:18 : 18 He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."
• Josh 6:5 : 5 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
• Josh 6:10 : 10 Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout.
• Josh 6:16 : 16 It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh has given you the city.
• Josh 6:20 : 20 So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
• Judg 15:14 : 14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
• 1 Sam 4:5-6 : 5 When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 6 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come into the camp.
• 1 Sam 17:20 : 20 David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
• 1 Sam 17:52 : 52 The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
• Ezra 3:11-13 : 11 They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
• Job 39:25 : 25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
• Ps 47:1 : 1 > Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
• Jer 51:14 : 14 Yahweh of Hosts has sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
• Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, And it will devour its palaces, With shouting in the day of battle, With a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
• Amos 2:2 : 2 But I will send a fire on Moab, And it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; And Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;