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When Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַheardיִּשְׁמַעthe soundאֶת קוֹלof the peopleהָעָםas they shouted,בְּרֵעֹהhe saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“There is a soundקוֹלof warמִלְחָמָהin the camp.”בַּמַּחֲנֶה
Exodus 32:17
Study it in the app“When Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 32:17, word by word
- When Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- as they shoutedרֵעֹreo
shout, noise
Shouting, uproar; also the crash of thunder.
Where else “reo” appears- he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- of warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- in the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
The context
16And the tablets were the work of Elohim, and the writing was the writing of Elohim, engraved on the tablets.
17 · This verse (above)
18But he said, “It is not the sound of the shout of victory, and it is not the sound of the cry of defeat; the sound of singing I hear.”