DEUTERONOMY 34:9

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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Deuteronomy 34:9 Translation & Meaning

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And Joshua וִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ Jehoshua (i.e., Joshua), the Jewish leader Joshua
the son בִּן A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) son
of Nun נ֗וּן Nun or Non, the father of Joshua Nun
was full מָלֵא֙ Full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully full
of the spirit ר֣וּחַ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) spirit
of wisdom; חָכְמָ֔ה Wisdom (in a good sense) wisdom
for כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
Moses מֹשֶׁ֛ה Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses
had laid סָמַ֥ךְ To prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) laid
his hands יָדָ֖יו A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hands
upon עָלָ֑יו Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
him: and the children בְּנֵֽי A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) children
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
hearkened וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hearkened
unto אֵלָ֤יו Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
him, and did וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application did
as כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc as
the Lord יְהוָ֖ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
commanded צִוָּ֥ה (intensively) to constitute, enjoin commanded
Moses. מֹשֶֽׁה׃ Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses

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  • 7  And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

  • 8  And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  • 9  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.

  • 10  And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

  • 11  In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,




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