Numbers 11:28 Go deeper
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And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֜עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answered
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 1
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַye.ho.Shu.a'Joshua
Lemma: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (ye.ho.shu.a) · Strong's: H3091G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joshua
Used 204 times. Also: Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:13, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 32:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3091G; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 2
בִּן\־bin-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 3
נ֗וּןNunNun
Lemma: נוּן (nun) · Strong's: H5126
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Nun
Used 30 times. Also: Exodus 33:11, Numbers 13:8, Numbers 13:16, Numbers 14:6, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5126; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 4
מְשָׁרֵ֥תme.sha.Ret[the] servant of
Lemma: שָׁרַת (sha.rat) · Strong's: H8334
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVprmsc)
Meaning: to minister
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 39:4, Genesis 40:4, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 28:35, Exodus 28:43, Exodus 29:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8334; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 5
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 6
מִבְּחֻרָ֖יוmi.be.chu.Ravfrom youth<s> his
Lemma: בְּחוּרִים (be.chu.rot) · Strong's: H0979
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: youth
Used 3 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 12:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0979; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 7
וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 8
אֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiO lord my
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 9
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMoses
Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Moses
Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 10
כְּלָאֵֽם\׃ke.la.'Emrestrain them
Lemma: כָּלָא (ka.la) · Strong's: H3607
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to restrain
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 8:2, Genesis 23:6, Exodus 36:6, 1 Samuel 6:10, 1 Samuel 25:33, Psalms 40:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3607; TAHOT Numbers 11:28 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Joshua | → | יְהוֹשׁוּעַ H3091G Joshua |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Nun | → | נוּן H5126 Nun |
| the attendant | → | שָׁרַת H8334 to minister |
| to Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
| since youth | → | בְּחוּרִים H0979 youth |
| spoke up | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| and said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Moses | → | מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses |
| my lord | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| stop them | → | כָּלָא H3607 to restrain |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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