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At thatבָּ הַהִיאtimeעֵתYHWHיְהוָהsaidאָמַרtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַ“Makeעֲשֵׂהfor yourselfלְךָflintצֻרִיםknivesחַרְבוֹתand circumciseמֹלthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלagain,וְשׁוּבa second time.”שֵׁנִית
Joshua 5:2
Study it in the app“At that time YHWH said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel again, a second time.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 5:2, word by word
- timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- 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- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- “Makeעֲשֵׂהase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ase” appears- flintצֻרִיםtsurim
flint
Hard, sharp stone, like the flint of which knives were made; and the edge of a sword.
Where else “tsurim” appears- knivesחַרְבוֹתcharvot
knife
A knife or other edged tool.
Where else “charvot” appears- and circumciseמֹלmol
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “mol” 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- againשׁוּבshuv
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “shuv” appears- a second timeשֵׁנִיתshenit
again
Once more, after having been done before.
Where else “shenit” appears
The context
1And it came about, when all the kings of the Amorite who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanite who were by the sea, heard how YHWH had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their heart melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.
2 · This verse (above)
3So Joshua made for himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at the Hill of the Foreskins.