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And it came about,וַיְהִיwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרallכָלthe nationהַגּוֹיhad finishedתַּמּוּcrossingלַעֲבוֹרthe Jordan,אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןthat YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Joshua 4:1
Study it in the app“And it came about, when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, that YHWH said to Joshua,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 4:1, 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- the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- had finishedתַּמּוּtamu
end
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tamu” appears- crossingעֲבוֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- that 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
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“Take for yourselves from the people twelve men, one man from each tribe,