King James Version
Numbers 13:16 in the King James Version says “These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.”
Numbers 13:16 · KJV
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
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“These are the names”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“to spy out”
H8446to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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