untilעַד אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהgives restיָנִיחַto your brothersלַאֲחֵיכֶםasכָּto you,כֶםandוְtheyהֵמָּהalsoגַםtake possession ofיָרְשׁוּthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםis givingנֹתֵןthem.לָהֶםThen you shall returnוְשַׁבְתֶּםto the landלְאֶרֶץof your possessionיְרֻשַּׁתְכֶםand possess it,וִירִשְׁתֶּם אוֹתָהּwhichאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהthe servantעֶבֶדof YHWHיְהוָהgaveנָתַןyouלָכֶםbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןtoward the sunrise.”מִזְרַח הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Joshua 1:15
Study it in the app“until 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 1:15, word by word
- 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- gives restיָנִיחַyaniach
give rest
To give rest, as YHWH to his people.
Where else “yaniach” appears- to your brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- take possession ofיָרְשׁוּyarshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarshu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” 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- Then you shall returnשַׁבְתֶּםshavtem
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavtem” appears- of your possessionיְרֻשַּׁתְyerushat
possession
Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.
Where else “yerushat” 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- the servantעֶבֶדeved
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “eved” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- toward the sunriseמִזְרַחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- toward the sunriseשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
east
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shamesh” appears
Translation note
This is told in Numbers 32 and Deuteronomy 3:18-20.
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
14Your 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,
15 · This verse (above)
16They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.