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so thatלְמַעַןallכָּלthe peoplesעַמֵּיof the earthהָאָרֶץmay knowדַּעַתthe handאֶת יַדof YHWH,יְהוָהthatכִּיitהִיאis strong,חֲזָקָהso thatלְמַעַןyou may fearיְרָאתֶםYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםallכָּלthe days.”הַיָּמִים
Joshua 4:24
Study it in the app“so that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of YHWH, that it is strong, so that you may fear YHWH your Elohim all the days.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 4:24, word by word
- the peoplesעַמֵּיame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- may knowדַּעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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- is strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- you may fearיְרָאתֶםyeratem
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yeratem” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
23For YHWH your Elohim dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as YHWH your Elohim did to the Sea of Reeds, which he dried up before us until we had crossed,
24 · This verse (above)