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The peopleוְהָעָםcame upעָלוּout ofמִןthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןon the tenthבֶּעָשׂוֹרof the firstהָרִאשׁוֹןmonth,לַחֹדֶשׁand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּat Gilgal,בַּגִּלְגָּלon the easternמִזְרַחedgeבִּקְצֵהof Jericho.יְרִיחוֹ
Joshua 4:19
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 4:19, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- came upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- on the tenthעָשׂוֹרasor
ten
The number ten, used to count the days of the month and everyday things.
Where else “asor” appears- of the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- and they campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- at Gilgalגִּלְגָּלgilgal
Gilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “gilgal” appears- on the easternמִזְרַחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- edgeקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyericho
Jericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yericho” appears
Translation note
The tenth of the first month was the day on which the Passover lamb was set apart (Exodus 12:3).
Places in this verse
1Jordan
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).
2Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
3Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
The context
18And 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20And those twelve stones that they had taken from the Jordan Joshua set up at Gilgal.