YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַ“ThisהַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםI will beginאָחֵלto make you greatגַּדֶּלְךָin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof allכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלso thatאֲשֶׁרthey may knowיֵדְעוּןthatכִּיjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרI wasהָיִיתִיwithעִםMoses,מֹשֶׁהI will beאֶהְיֶהwith you.עִמָּךְ
Joshua 3:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- I will beginאָחֵלachel
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “achel” appears- to make you greatגַּדֶּלְgadel
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “gadel” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- they may knowיֵדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- I wasהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears
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.’”