Study it in the app“And Joshua made them, on that day, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the community and for the altar of YHWH, to this day, at the place that he would choose.”
And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַmade them,וַיִּתְּנֵםon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםcuttersחֹטְבֵיof woodעֵצִיםand drawersוְשֹׁאֲבֵיof waterמַיִםfor the communityלָעֵדָהand for the altarוּלְמִזְבַּחof YHWH,יְהוָהtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday,הַיּוֹםatאֶלthe placeהַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרhe would choose.יִבְחָר
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” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yitne” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearschop wood
To chop wood, fell trees.
Where else “chotve” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearsdraw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “shoave” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” 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” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearschoose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “yivchar” appears26He did thus to them: he delivered them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them.
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