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exceptבִּלְתִּיCalebכָּלֵבsonבֶּןof Jephunnehיְפֻנֶּהthe Kenizziteהַקְּנִזִּיand Joshuaוִיהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןforכִּיthey have fully followedמִלְאוּ אַחֲרֵיYHWH.’יְהוָה
Numbers 32:12
Study it in the app“except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have fully followed YHWH.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:12, word by word
- Calebכָּלֵבkalev
Caleb
Caleb, a scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.
Where else “kalev” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jephunnehיְפֻנֶּהyefune
Jephunneh
Jephunneh, the father of Caleb; another man bears the same name.
Where else “yefune” appears- the Kenizziteקְּנִזִּיkenizi
Kenizzite
Kenizzite(s): a people of southern Canaan; descendants of Kenaz.
Where else “kenizi” appears- and Joshuaיהוֹשֻׁעַyhoshua
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 “yhoshua” appears- of Nunנוּןnun
Nun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appears- they have fully followedמִלְאוּmilu
follow fully
To follow YHWH without reserve, with one's whole being; also, to fill a setting with stones.
Where else “milu” appears- YHWH.’יְהוָהyehva
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
The context
11‘The men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall not see the ground that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they did not fully follow me;
12 · This verse (above)
13YHWH’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation that had done evil in the eyes of YHWH was finished.