And Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלservedיַּעֲבֹדYHWHיְהוָהallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand allוְכֹלthe daysיְמֵיof the eldersהַזְּקֵנִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרprolongedהֶאֱרִיכוּtheir daysיָמִיםafterאַחֲרֵיJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand whoוַאֲשֶׁרknewיָדְעוּallכָּלthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהfor Israel.לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 24:31
Study it in the app“And Israel served YHWH all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua and who knew all the work of YHWH that he had done for Israel.”
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Joshua 24:31, word by word
- And 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- servedיַּעֲבֹדyaavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavod” appears- 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- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of 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- of the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- prolongedהֶאֱרִיכוּheerichu
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “heerichu” appears- knewיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- he had doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears
The context
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.
31 · This verse (above)
32And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought up from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of the field that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred qesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the sons of Joseph.