Study it in the app“This book of the instruction shall not depart from your mouth, and you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosper, and then you will act wisely.”
Joshua is told to meditate on the book day and nightThe Word of God
Thisהַזֶּהbookסֵפֶרof the instructionהַתּוֹרָהshall notלֹאdepartיָמוּשׁfrom your mouth,מִפִּיךָand you shall meditateוְהָגִיתָon itבּוֹdayיוֹמָםand night,וָלַיְלָהso thatלְמַעַןyou may be carefulתִּשְׁמֹרto doלַעֲשׂוֹתaccording to allכְּכָלthat is writtenהַכָּתוּבin it.בּוֹForכִּיthenאָזyou will makeתַּצְלִיחַyour wayאֶת דְּרָכֶךָprosper,תַּצְלִיחַand thenוְאָזyou will act wisely.תַּשְׂכִּיל
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appearsdepart
To shift from its place.
Where else “yamush” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearsmeditate
To think over something again and again, like YHWH's law.
Where else “hagita” appearsby day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearstake care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “tishmor” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appearsgive success
To make something succeed.
Where else “tatsliach” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derache” appearssucceed
For what one undertakes to turn out well.
Where else “taskil” appears7Only 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and firm. Do not be terrified or dismayed, for YHWH your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”
