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Look,הִנֵּהthe arkאֲרוֹןof the covenantהַבְּרִיתof the Lordאֲדוֹןof allכָּלthe earthהָאָרֶץis crossingעֹבֵרbefore youלִפְנֵיכֶםinto the Jordan.בַּיַּרְדֵּן
Joshua 3:11
Study it in the app“Look, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing before you into the Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:11, word by word
- the arkאֲרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of the Lordאֲדוֹןadon
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adon” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- is crossingעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- into the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears
Translation note
“Lord” here translates the Hebrew word adon (owner, lord), not the name Adonai.
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
10And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that a living El is among you, and that he will certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
11 · This verse (above)
12Now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.