And nowוְעַתָּהYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםhas given restהֵנִיחַto your brothers,לַאֲחֵיכֶםjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרto them.לָהֶםSo nowוְעַתָּהturnפְּנוּand goוּלְכוּto your tents,לְאָהֳלֵיכֶםtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof your possession,אֲחֻזַּתְכֶםwhichאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהthe servantעֶבֶדof YHWHיְהוָהgaveנָתַןyouלָכֶםbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
Joshua 22:4
Study it in the app“And now YHWH your Elohim has given rest to your brothers, just as he spoke to them. So now turn and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you beyond the Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 22:4, 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has given restהֵנִיחַheniach
give rest
To give rest, as YHWH to his people.
Where else “heniach” appears- to your brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
promise
To promise, say what will be done.
Where else “diber” appears- turnפְּנוּpenu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “penu” appears- and goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- to your tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of your possessionאֲחֻזַּתְachuzat
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzat” 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- 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
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
3You have not abandoned your brothers these many days up to this day, and you have kept the charge of the commandment of YHWH your Elohim.
4 · This verse (above)
5Only be very careful to do the commandment and the instruction that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you: to love YHWH your Elohim, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cling to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”