Joshua 1:8

“This book of the instruction shall not depart from your mouth, and you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosper, and then you will act wisely.”

Joshua 1:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua is told to meditate on the book day and nightThe Word of God

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Joshua 1:8, word by word

bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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of the instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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departיָמוּשׁyamush

depart

To shift from its place.

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from your mouthפִּיpi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

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and you shall meditateהָגִיתָhagita

meditate

To think over something again and again, like YHWH's law.

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dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

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and nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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you may be carefulתִּשְׁמֹרtishmor

take care

To watch out for oneself.

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to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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that is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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you will makeתַּצְלִיחַtatsliach

give success

To make something succeed.

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your wayדְּרָכֶderache

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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you will act wiselyתַּשְׂכִּילtaskil

succeed

For what one undertakes to turn out well.

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The context

7Only be strong and very firm, being careful to do according to all the instruction that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so that you may act wisely wherever you go.

8 · This verse (above)

9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and firm. Do not be terrified or dismayed, for YHWH your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”

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