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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל“Whenאֲשֶׁרyour sonsבְּנֵיכֶםaskיִשְׁאָלוּןtheir fathersאֶת אֲבוֹתָםin time to come,מָחָרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘What areמָהtheseהָאֵלֶּהstones?’הָאֲבָנִים
Joshua 4:21
Study it in the app“And he said to the sons of Israel, “When your sons ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 4:21, word by word
- And he 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- askיִשְׁאָלוּyishalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishalu” appears- their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avota” appears- in time to comeמָחָרmachar
future
Later on, in time to come, when children ask.
Where else “machar” appears- stones?’אֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears
The context
20And those twelve stones that they had taken from the Jordan Joshua set up at Gilgal.
21 · This verse (above)
22then you shall make known to your sons, saying, ‘On dry ground Israel crossed this Jordan.’