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so thatלְמַעַןthisזֹאתmay beתִּהְיֶהa signאוֹתamong you.בְּקִרְבְּכֶםWhenכִּיyour sonsבְּנֵיכֶםaskיִשְׁאָלוּןin time to come,מָחָרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘What areמָהtheseהָאֵלֶּהstonesהָאֲבָנִיםto you?’לָכֶם
Joshua 4:6
Study it in the app“so that this may be a sign among you. When your sons ask in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones to you?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 4:6, word by word
- may beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- among youקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears- your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- askיִשְׁאָלוּyishalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishalu” appears- in time to comeמָחָרmachar
future
Later on, in time to come, when children ask.
Where else “machar” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears
The context
5And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of YHWH your Elohim into the middle of the Jordan, and lift up, each of you, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
6 · This verse (above)
7then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of YHWH; when it crossed into the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be a memorial for the sons of Israel forever.”