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And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל“Come nearגֹּשׁוּhereהֵנָּהand listen toוְשִׁמְעוּthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.”אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Joshua 3:9
Study it in the app“And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Come near here and listen to the words of YHWH your Elohim.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:9, word by word
- And 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- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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- “Come nearגֹּשׁוּgoshu
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “goshu” appears- and listen toשִׁמְעוּshimu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
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.’”
9 · This verse (above)
10And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that a living El is among you, and that he will certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.