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They answeredוַיַּעֲנוּJoshua,אֶת יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaying,לֵאמֹר“Allכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרyou have commanded usצִוִּיתָנוּwe will do,נַעֲשֶׂהand whereverוְאֶל כָּל אֲשֶׁרyou send usתִּשְׁלָחֵנוּwe will go.נֵלֵךְ
Joshua 1:16
Study it in the app“They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 1:16, word by word
- They answeredיַּעֲנוּyaanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaanu” 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- you have commanded usצִוִּיתָtsivita
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appears- we will doנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “naase” appears- you send usתִּשְׁלָחֵtishlache
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlache” appears- we will goנֵלֵךְnelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelech” appears
The context
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so we will listen to you. Only may YHWH your Elohim be with you as he was with Moses.