Study it in the app“And it came about, when the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of YHWH came up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the feet of the priests were pulled up onto the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as before over all its banks.”
And it came about,וַיְהִיwhenכַּthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםcarryingנֹשְׂאֵיthe arkאֲרוֹןof the covenantבְּרִיתof YHWHיְהוָהcame upעֲלוֹתfrom the middleמִתּוֹךְof the Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand the solesכַּפּוֹתof the feetרַגְלֵיof the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםwere pulled upנִתְּקוּontoאֶלthe dry land,הֶחָרָבָהthat the watersמֵיof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןreturnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּto their placeלִמְקוֹמָםand wentוַיֵּלְכוּas beforeכִתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹםoverעַלallכָּלits banks.גְּדוֹתָיו
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsYHWH
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearssole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kapot” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appearstear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “nitku” appearsdry ground
Dry land, solid ground.
Where else “charava” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekoma” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsformerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appearsbank
Bank: the edge of a river.
Where else “gedotay” appearsJordan
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).
17So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
18 · This verse (above)
19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and they camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho.
