Study it in the app“Joshua tore his cloaks and fell on his face to the ground before the ark of YHWH until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.”
Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַtoreוַיִּקְרַעhis cloaksשִׂמְלֹתָיוand fellוַיִּפֹּלonעַלhis faceפָּנָיוto the groundאַרְצָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe arkאֲרוֹןof YHWHיְהוָהuntilעַדevening,הָעֶרֶבheהוּאand the eldersוְזִקְנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand they putוַיַּעֲלוּdustעָפָרonעַלtheir heads.רֹאשָׁם
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” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikra” appearscloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simlotay” appearsfall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yipol” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsYHWH
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” appearsevening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsIsrael
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” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaalu” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appears5The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and pursued them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them on the descent. And the heart of the people melted and became water.
6 · This verse (above)
7And Joshua said, “Alas, Adonai YHWH! Why did you bring this people all the way across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to make us perish? If only we had been content to stay beyond the Jordan!
