And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“Look,הֵןyour daysיָמֶיךָhave drawn nearקָרְבוּfor dying.לָמוּתCallקְרָאJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand present yourselvesוְהִתְיַצְּבוּin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדso that I may commission him.”וַאֲצַוֶּנּוּAnd Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהand Joshuaוִיהוֹשֻׁעַwentיֵּלֶךְand presented themselvesוַיִּתְיַצְּבוּin the tentבְּאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
Deuteronomy 31:14
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses, “Look, your days have drawn near for dying. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him.” And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:14, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- your daysיָמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- have drawn nearקָרְבוּkarvu
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karvu” appears- for dyingמוּתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears- Callקְרָאkera
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kera” appears- 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).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- and present yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears- in the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears- so that I may commission himאֲצַוֶּatsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “atsave” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears
The context
13and that their sons, who have not known, may hear and learn to fear YHWH your Elohim all the days that you live on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there and possess it.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And YHWH appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.