Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּםin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרand they set outוַיִּסְעוּfrom Shittimמֵהַשִּׁטִּיםand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoעַדthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןheהוּאand allוְכָלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they spent the nightוַיָּלִנוּthereשָׁםbeforeטֶרֶםthey crossed.יַעֲבֹרוּ
Joshua 3:1
Study it in the app“Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they spent the night there before they crossed.”
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Joshua 3:1, word by word
- 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- rose earlyיַּשְׁכֵּםyashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and they set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- from Shittimשִּׁטִּיםshitim
Shittim
Shittim, a place east of the Jordan where Israel camped before crossing it. The name means "acacias."
Where else “shitim” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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- and they spent the nightיָּלִנוּyalinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalinu” appears- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- they crossedיַעֲבֹרוּyaavoru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavoru” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And it came about, at the end of three days, that the supervisors passed through the middle of the camp