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And he wroteוַיִּכְתָּבthere,שָׁםonעַלthe stones,הָאֲבָנִיםa copyאֵת מִשְׁנֵהof the instructionתּוֹרַתof Moses,מֹשֶׁהwhichאֲשֶׁרhe had writtenכָּתַבbeforeלִפְנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 8:32
Study it in the app“And he wrote there, on the stones, a copy of the instruction of Moses, which he had written before the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 8:32, word by word
- And he wroteיִּכְתָּבyichtav
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtav” appears- the stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- a copyמִשְׁנֵהmishne
copy
A copy of the law.
Where else “mishne” appears- of the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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
The context
31just as Moses the servant of YHWH had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the instruction of Moses: an altar of whole stones, on which no iron had been lifted. And they offered up on it burnt offerings to YHWH, and sacrificed peace offerings.
32 · This verse (above)
33And all Israel, with its elders and supervisors and its judges, were standing on this side and on that side of the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of YHWH, the resident alien as well as the native, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of YHWH had commanded, to bless the people of Israel at the first.