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Be strongחֲזַקand firm,וֶאֱמָץforכִּיyouאַתָּהwill makeתַּנְחִילthisהַזֶּהpeopleאֶת הָעָםinheritתַּנְחִילthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto their fathersלַאֲבוֹתָםto giveלָתֵתto them.לָהֶם
Joshua 1:6
Study it in the app“Be strong and firm, for you will make this people inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 1:6, word by word
- Be strongחֲזַקchazak
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “chazak” appears- and firmאֱמָץemats
be bold
To be bold and steady: "take heart and be brave".
Where else “emats” appears- will makeתַּנְחִילtanchil
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “tanchil” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appears- to their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears
The context
5No man shall stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you; I will not let you go or abandon you.
6 · This verse (above)
7Only be strong and very firm, being careful to do according to all the instruction that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so that you may act wisely wherever you go.