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and everyוְ כָּלarmed manחָלוּץof youלָכֶםcrossesעָבַרthe JordanהַיַּרְדֵּןbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהuntilעַדhe has dispossessedהוֹרִישׁוֹhis enemiesאֹיְבָיוfrom before him,מִפָּנָיו
Numbers 32:21
Study it in the app“and every armed man of you crosses the Jordan before YHWH until he has dispossessed his enemies from before him,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 32:21, word by word
- armed manחָלוּץchaluts
arm
To get ready for war.
Where else “chaluts” appears- crossesעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- he has dispossessedהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears- his enemiesאֹיְבָיoyvay
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvay” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
20Moses said to them, “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before YHWH for the war,
21 · This verse (above)
22and the land is subdued before YHWH, then afterward you shall return and be innocent before YHWH and before Israel; and this land shall be yours as a possession before YHWH.