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“Takeקְחוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםfromמִןthe peopleהָעָםtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרmen,אֲנָשִׁיםone manאִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָדfrom each tribe,מִשָּׁבֶט
Joshua 4:2
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Joshua 4:2, word by word
- “Takeקְחוּkechu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- one manאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- from each tribeשָּׁבֶטshavet
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shavet” appears
The context
1And it came about, when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, that YHWH said to Joshua,
2 · This verse (above)
3and command them, saying, ‘Carry for yourselves from here, from the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests stood firm, twelve stones, and bring them across with you and leave them in the lodging place where you spend the night tonight.’”