Study it in the app“And it shall be, when you cross the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.”
And it shall be,וְהָיָהwhen you crossבְּעָבְרְכֶםthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןthat you shall set upתָּקִימוּtheseהָאֵלֶּהstones,הָאֲבָנִיםwhichאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commandingמְצַוֶּהyouאֶתְכֶםtoday,הַיּוֹםon MountבְּהַרEbal,עֵיבָלand you shall plasterוְשַׂדְתָּthemאוֹתָםwith plaster.בַּשִּׂיד
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avr” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “takimu” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsEbal
Ebal, a grandson of Seir. It is also the name of a mountain near Shechem.
Where else “eval” appearsplaster
Plaster: cover with a coat of lime to leave the surface white and smooth.
Where else “sadta” appearslime, plaster
Lime: a white powder used to coat walls and stones.
Where else “sid” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
3And you shall write on them all the words of this instruction when you cross, so that you may enter into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has spoken to you.
4 · This verse (above)
5And you shall build there an altar to YHWH your Elohim, an altar of stones; you shall not wield iron on them.
