וַיִּקְרָ֣א יְהֹושֻׁ֗עַ אֶל־שְׁנֵ֤ים הֶֽעָשָׂר֙ אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵכִ֖ין מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃
And Yehoshua called to the twelve men whom he had prepared from the sons of Yisraʾel, one man from each tribe.
Morphology
- וַיִּקְרָ֣א (vayyiqrā) – Root: קָרָא (to call); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “and he called”.
- יְהֹושֻׁ֗עַ (yəhōšuʿa) – Root: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshua); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yehoshua”.
- אֶל־שְׁנֵ֤ים (ʾel-šənêym) – Root: שְׁנַיִם (two); Form: Preposition אֶל (to) + dual cardinal number; Translation: “to the two”.
- הֶֽעָשָׂר֙ (heʿāśār) – Root: עָשָׂר (ten); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “ten”.
- אִ֔ישׁ (ʾîš) – Root: אִישׁ (man); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “man”.
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר (ʾăšer) – Root: אֲשֶׁר (which, that); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “whom”.
- הֵכִ֖ין (hēḵîn) – Root: כּוּן (to prepare); Form: Hifil perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “he had prepared”.
- מִבְּנֵ֣י (mibbənê) – Root: בֵּן (son); Form: Noun masculine plural construct with preposition מִן (from); Translation: “from the sons of”.
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiśrāʾēl) – Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra’el); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yisra’el”.
- אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד (ʾîš-ʾeḥād) – Root: אִישׁ (man) + אֶחָד (one); Form: Noun masculine singular with cardinal number; Translation: “one man”.
- אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד (ʾîš-ʾeḥād) – Root: אִישׁ (man) + אֶחָד (one); Form: Noun masculine singular with cardinal number; Translation: “one man”.
- מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃ (miššāḇeṭ) – Root: שֵׁבֶט (tribe); Form: Noun masculine singular with preposition מִן (from); Translation: “from a tribe”.