that Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsummonedיִּקְרָאallלְכָלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלits elders,לִזְקֵנָיוits heads,וּלְרָאשָׁיוits judges,וּלְשֹׁפְטָיוand its supervisors,וּלְשֹׁטְרָיוand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Iאֲנִיam old,זָקַנְתִּיadvancedבָּאתִיin days.בַּיָּמִים
Joshua 23:2
Study it in the app“that Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders, its heads, its judges, and its supervisors, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:2, word by word
- that 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- summonedיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- its eldersזְקֵנָיzekenay
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenay” appears- its headsרָאשָׁיrashay
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashay” appears- its judgesשֹׁפְטָיshoftay
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shoftay” appears- and its supervisorsשֹׁטְרָיshotray
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotray” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- am oldזָקַנְתִּיzakanti
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zakanti” appears- advancedבָּאתִיbati
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bati” appears- in daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
1And it came about after many days, after YHWH had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, and Joshua was old, advanced in days,
2 · This verse (above)
3And you have seen all that YHWH your Elohim has done to all these nations because of you, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who fights for you.