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And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןMoses’מֹשֶׁהassistantמְשָׁרֵתfrom his youth,מִבְּחֻרָיוansweredיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמַר“My lordאֲדֹנִיMoses,מֹשֶׁהstop them.”כְּלָאֵם
Numbers 11:28
Study it in the app“And Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant from his youth, answered and said, “My lord Moses, stop them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:28, word by word
- And 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- sonבִּןbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- of Nunנוּןnun
Nun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appears- Moses’מֹשֶׁהmoshe
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- assistantמְשָׁרֵתmesharet
attend
To wait on someone closely.
Where else “mesharet” appears- from his youthבְּחֻרָיbechuray
youth
Youth.
Where else “bechuray” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “My lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- stop themכְּלָאֵkelae
hold back, restrain
Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.
Where else “kelae” appears
The context
27And the young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28 · This verse (above)
29But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for me? If only all the people of YHWH were prophets, that YHWH would put his spirit on them!”