Joshua 3:7

“YHWH said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may know that just as I was with Moses, I will be with you.”

Joshua 3:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 3:7, word by word

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.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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).

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dayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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I will beginאָחֵלachel

begin

To start doing something.

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to make you greatגַּדֶּלְgadel

make great

To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

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.

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they may knowיֵדְעוּyedu

know

To know something, realize.

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I wasהָיִיתִיhayiti

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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The context

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.

7 · This verse (above)

8And you shall command the priests who carry the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall stop in the Jordan.’”

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