untilעַד אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהgives restיָנִיחַto your brothersלַאֲחֵיכֶםas to you,כָּכֶםand theyהֵםalsoגַםtake possession ofוְיָרְשׁוּthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםis givingנֹתֵןthemלָהֶםbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּןThen you shall return,וְשַׁבְתֶּםeachאִישׁto his possessionלִירֻשָּׁתוֹthatאֲשֶׁרI have givenנָתַתִּיyou.”לָכֶם
Deuteronomy 3:20
Study it in the app“until YHWH gives rest to your brothers as to you, and they also take possession of the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall return, each to his possession that I have given you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:20, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- gives restיָנִיחַyaniach
give rest
To give rest, as YHWH to his people.
Where else “yaniach” appears- to your brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- take possession ofיָרְשׁוּyarshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarshu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- Then you shall returnשַׁבְתֶּםshavtem
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavtem” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to his possessionירֻשָּׁתyrushat
possession
Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.
Where else “yrushat” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
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).
The context
19Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities that I have given you,
20 · This verse (above)
21And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, “Your eyes are the ones that have seen all that YHWH your Elohim has done to these two kings. So YHWH will do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing.