And he commandedוַיְצַוJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nunנוּןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Be strongחֲזַקand firm,וֶאֱמָץforכִּיyouאַתָּהwill bringתָּבִיאthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto them,לָהֶםand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill beאֶהְיֶהwith you.”עִמָּךְ
Deuteronomy 31:23
Study it in the app“And he commanded Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and firm, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:23, word by word
- And he commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” 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- sonבִּןbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- of Nunנוּןnun
Nun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Be strongחֲזַקchazak
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “chazak” appears- and firmאֱמָץemats
be bold
To be bold and steady: "take heart and be brave".
Where else “emats” appears- will bringתָּבִיאtavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tavi” appears- of 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appears- will beאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew does not name who is speaking; from “the land that I swore to them” it is understood to be YHWH, who had asked Joshua to present himself (verse 14).
The context
22And Moses wrote this song on that day and taught it to the sons of Israel.
23 · This verse (above)
24And it happened, when Moses had finished writing the words of this instruction in a book to the end,