and whenוּכְthose carryingנֹשְׂאֵיthe arkהָאָרוֹןcameבוֹאtoעַדthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand the feetוְרַגְלֵיof the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםcarryingנֹשְׂאֵיthe arkהָאָרוֹןwere dippedנִטְבְּלוּin the edgeבִּקְצֵהof the waterהַמָּיִם—and the Jordanוְהַיַּרְדֵּןis fullמָלֵאoverעַלallכָּלits banksגְּדוֹתָיוallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof harvest—קָצִיר
Joshua 3:15
Study it in the app“and when those carrying the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water —and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest—”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:15, word by word
- those carryingנֹשְׂאֵיnose
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appears- the arkאָרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- cameבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- and the feetרַגְלֵיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- were dippedנִטְבְּלוּnitblu
dip
Dip, plunge into a liquid.
Where else “nitblu” appears- in the edgeקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the waterמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- is fullמָלֵאmale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appears- its banksגְּדוֹתָיgedotay
bank
Bank: the edge of a river.
Where else “gedotay” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of harvest—קָצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” 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
14And it came about, when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,
15 · This verse (above)
16the waters coming down from above stopped; they rose up in one heap, very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, came to an end, were cut off. And the people crossed opposite Jericho.