And afterוַיְהִי אַחֲרֵיtheseהָאֵלֶּהthingsהַדְּבָרִיםJoshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןthe servantעֶבֶדof YHWH,יְהוָהdied,יָּמָתa hundredמֵאָהand tenוָעֶשֶׂרyearsשָׁנִיםold.בֶּן
Joshua 24:29
Study it in the app“And after these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a hundred and ten years old.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 24:29, word by word
- And afterיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- 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- sonבִּןbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- of Nunנוּןnun
Nun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appears- the servantעֶבֶדeved
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “eved” appears- of 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- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- and tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
The context
28Then Joshua sent away the people, each to his inheritance.
29 · This verse (above)
30And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.