Study it in the app“The 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.”
The priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםcarryingנֹשְׂאֵיthe arkהָאָרוֹןof the covenantבְּרִיתof YHWHיְהוָהstoodוַיַּעַמְדוּfirmהָכֵןon dry landבֶּחָרָבָהin the middleבְּתוֹךְof the Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןwhile allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwas crossingעֹבְרִיםon dry land,בֶּחָרָבָהuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרallכָּלthe nationהַגּוֹיhad finishedתַּמּוּcrossingלַעֲבֹרthe Jordan.אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsendure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “yaamdu” appearsbe firm
To be steady, well set, not moving.
Where else “hachen” appearsdry ground
Dry land, solid ground.
Where else “charava” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsIsrael
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” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsend
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tamu” appearsJordan
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).
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.
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