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Nowוְעַתָּהtakeקְחוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםtwelveשְׁנֵי עָשָׂרmenאִישׁfrom the tribesמִשִּׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלone manאִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָדfor each tribe.לַשָּׁבֶט
Joshua 3:12
Study it in the app“Now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:12, word by word
- takeקְחוּkechu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appears- twelveשְׁנֵיshene
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shene” appears- twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- from the tribesשִּׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” 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- one manאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears
The context
11Look, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing before you into the Jordan.
12 · This verse (above)
13And it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of YHWH, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, the waters that come down from above, and they will stand in one heap.”