Joshua 4:9
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
יַרְדֵּן
Yardên
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →Cross References
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribe...
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
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