Deuteronomy 1:38

“Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Strengthen him, for he will make Israel inherit it.”

Deuteronomy 1:38 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 1:38, word by word

Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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sonבִּןbin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Nunנוּןnun

Nun

Nun, the father of Joshua.

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who standsעֹמֵדomed

stand before

"Stand before" someone: to serve them.

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before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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shall go inיָבֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

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Strengthenחַזֵּקchazek

repair

To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.

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will makeיַנְחִלֶyanchile

apportion

To distribute the land as an inheritance among those who will receive it.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

37Also with me YHWH was incensed because of you, saying, “You too shall not go in there.

38 · This verse (above)

39And your little ones, who you said would become plunder, and your sons, who today do not know good or evil, they shall go in there, and to them I will give it, and they shall take possession of it.

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