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And it came about,וַיְהִיat the endמִקְצֵהof threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays,יָמִיםthat the supervisorsהַשֹּׁטְרִיםpassedוַיַּעַבְרוּthrough the middleבְּקֶרֶבof the campהַמַּחֲנֶה
Joshua 3:2
Study it in the app“And it came about, at the end of three days, that the supervisors passed through the middle of the camp”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:2, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- at the endקְצֵהketse
close
What comes when a time finishes: the close of the years.
Where else “ketse” appears- of threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- that the supervisorsשֹּׁטְרִיםshotrim
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotrim” appears- passedיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- through the middleקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
The context
1Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they spent the night there before they crossed.
2 · This verse (above)
3and commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of YHWH your Elohim and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.