“Passעִבְרוּthrough the middleבְּקֶרֶבof the campהַמַּחֲנֶהand commandוְצַוּוּthe people,אֶת הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Prepareהָכִינוּprovisionsצֵידָהfor yourselves,לָכֶםforכִּיwithinבְּעוֹדthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםyouאַתֶּםare crossingעֹבְרִיםthisהַזֶּהJordanאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןto go inלָבוֹאto take possession ofלָרֶשֶׁתthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםis givingנֹתֵןyouלָכֶםto possess it.’”לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
Joshua 1:11
Study it in the app““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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 1:11, word by word
- “Passעִבְרוּivru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appears- through the middleקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- and commandצַוּוּtsauu
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsauu” appears- 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- ‘Prepareהָכִינוּhachinu
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinu” appears- provisionsצֵידָהtseda
provisions
Food for the journey.
Where else “tseda” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- to go inבוֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- to take possession ofרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- 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- 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
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
10Then Joshua commanded the supervisors of the people, saying,
11 · This verse (above)
12And to the Reubenite, to the Gadite, and to half the tribe of Manasseh Joshua said,