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Then Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַcommandedיְצַוthe supervisorsאֶת שֹׁטְרֵיof the people,הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Joshua 1:10
Study it in the app“Then Joshua commanded the supervisors of the people, saying,”
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Joshua 1:10, word by word
- Then 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- commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- the supervisorsשֹׁטְרֵיshotre
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotre” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and firm. Do not be terrified or dismayed, for YHWH your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”
10 · This verse (above)
11“Pass through the middle of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are crossing this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it.’”