Deuteronomy 34:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.”

Deuteronomy 34:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 34:922 words

וִיהוֹשֻׁעַwîhwōšuʿaAnd Joshua

בִּןbinSon

נוּןnûnNun

מָלֵאmālēʾFull

רוּחַrûḥaSpirit/wind

חָכְמָהḥāḵəmāhWisdom

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

סָמַךְsāmaḵəProp

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾet—

יָדָיוyādāywHand

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וִיהוֹשֻׁעַwîhwōšuʿaAnd Joshua

בִּןbinSon

נוּןnûnNun

מָלֵאmālēʾFull

רוּחַrûḥaSpirit/wind

חָכְמָהḥāḵəmāhWisdom

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

סָמַךְsāmaḵəProp

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדָיוyādāywHand

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיַּעֲשׂוּwayaʿăśûAnd do

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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