Study it in the app“the 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.”
the watersהַמַּיִםcoming downהַיֹּרְדִיםfrom aboveמִלְמַעְלָהstopped;וַיַּעַמְדוּthey rose upקָמוּin oneאֶחָדheap,נֵדveryמְאֹדfar away,הַרְחֵקat Adam,מֵאָדָםthe cityהָעִירthat isאֲשֶׁרbesideמִצַּדZarethan,צָרְתָןand those flowing downוְהַיֹּרְדִיםtowardעַלthe Seaיָםof the Arabah,הָעֲרָבָהthe SaltהַמֶּלַחSea,יָםcame to an end,תַּמּוּwere cut off.נִכְרָתוּAnd the peopleוְהָעָםcrossedעָבְרוּoppositeנֶגֶדJericho.יְרִיחוֹ
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yordim” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appearsstop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “yaamdu” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamu” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsheap
Heap, wall: water that rises like a wall.
Where else “ned” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsbe far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “harchek” appearsAdam
Adam, the personal name of the first man. It is the same Hebrew word "adam" (human being), used as a name. Also a town by the Jordan.
Where else “adam” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsside
Side.
Where else “tsad” appearsZarethan
Zarethan: a place in the Jordan valley, near the city of Adam.
Where else “tsartan” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsArabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appearssalt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appearsend
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tamu” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichratu” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avru” appearsin front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appearsJericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yericho” appearsThe word “wall” (ned) is the same one used of the sea in Exodus 15:8. “At Adam” follows what is written in the Hebrew text (ketiv); the Masoretic reading (qere) says “from Adam.”
Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
15and 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—
16 · This verse (above)
17The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of YHWH stood firm on dry land in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel was crossing on dry land, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
