So Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהgave ordersיְצַוconcerning themלָהֶםto Eleazarאֵת אֶלְעָזָרthe priestהַכֹּהֵןand to Joshuaוְאֵת יְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nunנוּןand to the headsוְאֶת רָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתof the tribesהַמַּטּוֹתof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 32:28
Study it in the app“So Moses gave orders concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:28, word by word
- So 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- gave ordersיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- to Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar
Eleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- and to 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- and to the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתavot
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appears- of the tribesמַּטּוֹתmatot
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
27but your servants will cross over, every armed man of the army, before YHWH to the war, as my lord says.”
28 · This verse (above)
29Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross with you the Jordan, every armed man for the war before YHWH, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.