Joshua 22:4

“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.”

Joshua 22:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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).

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the servantעֶבֶדeved

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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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

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Places in this verse

JerusalemJordan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

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.”

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