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Then Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaidיֹּאמֶרto the people,אֶל הָעָם“Sanctify yourselves,הִתְקַדָּשׁוּforכִּיtomorrowמָחָרYHWHיְהוָהwill doיַעֲשֶׂהwondersנִפְלָאוֹתamong you.”בְּקִרְבְּכֶם
Joshua 3:5
Study it in the app“Then Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow YHWH will do wonders among you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:5, word by word
- Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- “Sanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדָּשׁוּhitkadashu
sanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadashu” appears- tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- will doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- wondersנִפְלָאוֹתniflaot
wonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflaot” appears- among youקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears
The context
4But there shall be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you are to go, for you have not passed this way before.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And Joshua said to the priests, “Carry the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went before the people.