Your wives,נְשֵׁיכֶםyour little ones,טַפְּכֶםand your livestockוּמִקְנֵיכֶםshall liveיֵשְׁבוּin the landבָּאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהgaveנָתַןyouלָכֶםbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןbut youוְאַתֶּםshall crossתַּעַבְרוּin battle formationחֲמֻשִׁיםbeforeלִפְנֵיyour brothers,אֲחֵיכֶםallכֹּלthe mightyגִּבּוֹרֵיwarriors,הַחַיִלand helpוַעֲזַרְתֶּםthem,אוֹתָם
Joshua 1:14
Study it in the app“Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross in battle formation before your brothers, all the mighty warriors, and help them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 1:14, word by word
- Your wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- your little onesטַפְּtap
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tap” appears- and your livestockמִקְנֵיmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- shall liveיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” 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- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- shall crossתַּעַבְרוּtaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavru” appears- in battle formationחֲמֻשִׁיםchamushim
in battle array
Formed like an army, in marching order; armed.
Where else “chamushim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- your brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- the mightyגִּבּוֹרֵיgibore
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibore” appears- warriorsחַיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears- and helpעֲזַרְתֶּםazartem
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azartem” 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
13“Remember the word that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you, saying, ‘YHWH your Elohim is giving you rest and will give you this land.’
14 · This verse (above)
15until YHWH gives rest to your brothers as to you, and they also take possession of the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”