Joshua
Joshua 4:23
23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea,c which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
Footnotes
- c 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֜ם | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
| dried up | הוֹבִישׁ֩ | hō·w·ḇîš | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3001 be dry, dried up, withered |
| the waters | מֵ֧י | mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| of the Jordan | הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן | hay·yar·dên | Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3383 Jordan |
| before you | מִפְּנֵיכֶ֖ם | mip·pə·nê·ḵem | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| until | עַֽד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| you had crossed over | עָבְרְכֶ֑ם | ‘ā·ḇə·rə·ḵem | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| just as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| did | עָשָׂה֩ | ‘ā·śāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| to the Red | ס֛וּף | sūp̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H5488 reeds, rushes |
| Sea | לְיַם־ | lə·yam- | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3220 sea |
| which | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| He dried up | הוֹבִ֥ישׁ | hō·w·ḇîš | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3001 be dry, dried up, withered |
| before us | מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ | mip·pā·nê·nū | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H6440 face, before |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| we had crossed over | עָבְרֵֽנוּ׃ | ‘ā·ḇə·rê·nū | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 14:21 · Isaiah 43:16 · Isaiah 63:12–14
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.