Joshua 3:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Nowוְעַתָּ֗ה
(ve·'at·tah)
6258: nowprobably from anah
then, takeקְח֤וּ
(ke·chu)
3947: to takea prim. root
for yourselves twelveשְׁנֵ֣י
(she·nei)
8147: two (a card. number)from shanah
menאִ֔ישׁ
(ish,)
376: manfrom an unused word
from the tribesמִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י
(mi·shiv·tei)
7626: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribefrom an unused word
of Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
(yis·ra·'el;)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
oneאֶחָ֥ד
(e·chad)
259: onea prim. card. number
manאִישׁ־
(ish-)
376: manfrom an unused word
for eachאִישׁ־
(ish-)
376: manfrom an unused word
tribe.לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃
(la·sha·vet.)
7626: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribefrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Now therefore take
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
you twelve
shnayim  (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
`asar  (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
men
'iysh  (eesh)
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)
out of the tribes
shebet  (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
out of every
'echad  (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
tribe
shebet  (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
a man
'iysh  (eesh)
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)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

King James Bible
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now choose 12 men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

International Standard Version
So take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

NET Bible
Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Choose one man from each of the 12 tribes of Israel.

King James 2000 Bible
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
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