Pinchas 27:18 · unit 1 — Yehoshua is called “ish” — man of spirit

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 27:18

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה קַח־לְךָ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־רוּחַ בּוֹ וְסָמַכְתָּ אֶת־יָדְךָ עָלָיו׃

And Hashem said to Moshe: Take for yourself Yehoshua son of Nun, a man in whom there is spirit, and lay your hand upon him.

Torah Temimah: Yoma 76a

Core Text

מִכָּאן דִּיהוֹשֻׁעַ נִקְרָא אִישׁ, וְהַיְנוּ דִּכְתִיב לֶחֶם אַבִּירִים אָכַל אִישׁ – זֶה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.

English: From here [we learn] that Yehoshua is called “ish”; and that is as it is written “man ate the bread of the mighty” — this is Yehoshua.

Identification of “ish” with Yehoshua.

The verse’s “man in whom is spirit” anchors other midrashim about Yehoshua.