Study it in the app“And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘Beyond the River Euphrates your fathers lived long ago, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.”
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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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
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” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appearsof old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appearsTerah
Terah, the father of Abram; also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “terach” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsNahor
Nahor, the name of Abraham's grandfather and of one of his brothers; also the town where his brother's family lived.
Where else “nachor” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders of Israel, its heads, its judges, and its supervisors; and they presented themselves before Elohim.
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3And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.
