YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Takeקַחfor yourselfלְךָJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןa manאִישׁin whomאֲשֶׁר בּוֹthere is the spirit,רוּחַand layוְסָמַכְתָּyour handיָדְךָon him.עָלָיו
Numbers 27:18
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “Take for yourself Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom there is the spirit, and lay your hand on him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 27:18, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- 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- “Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- 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- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- there is the spiritרוּחַruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- and layסָמַכְתָּsamachta
lay on
To rest a hand on an animal or person.
Where else “samachta” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
17who will go out before them and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out and who will bring them in, so that the community of YHWH may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”
18 · This verse (above)
19Set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and give him orders before their eyes.