Joshua

Joshua 4:3–4

³and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

⁴So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

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Joshua 4:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and command them	וְצַוּ֣וּ	wə·ṣaw·wū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
Take up	שְׂאֽוּ־	śə·’ū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
for yourselves	לָכֶ֨ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
twelve	שְׁתֵּים־	šə·têm-	Number - fd	H8147 two
stones	אֲבָנִ֑ים	’ă·ḇā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
from	מִזֶּ֜ה	miz·zeh	Preposition-m; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
the middle	מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mit·tō·wḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
of the Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן	hay·yar·dên	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3383 Jordan
where the priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
were standing	הָכִ֖ין	hā·ḵîn	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H3559 be firm
carry	וְהַעֲבַרְתֶּ֤ם	wə·ha·‘ă·ḇar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
them	אוֹתָם֙	’ō·w·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
with you	עִמָּכֶ֔ם	‘im·mā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5973 with
and set them down	וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֣ם	wə·hin·naḥ·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H5117 rest
in the place	בַּמָּל֕וֹן	bam·mā·lō·wn	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4411 lodging-place, inn, khan
where	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you spend	תָּלִ֥ינוּ	tā·lî·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H3885 lodge, pass the night
the night	הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ס	hal·lā·yə·lāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity

Joshua 4:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Joshua	יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ	yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3091 Jehoshua
summoned	וַיִּקְרָ֣א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
the twelve	שְׁנֵ֤ים	šə·nêm	Number - md	H8147 two
men	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
he had appointed	הֵכִ֖ין	hê·ḵîn	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3559 be firm
from the Israelites	מִבְּנֵ֣י	mib·bə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
one	אֶחָ֥ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
from	מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃	miš·šā·ḇeṭ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.