Joshua 3:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ בַּבֹּ֜קֶר וַיִּסְע֣וּ מֵֽהַשִׁטִּ֗ים וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן ה֖וּא וְכָל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּלִ֥נוּ שָׁ֖ם טֶ֥רֶם יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-yaškēm yəhôšuaʿ in-the-bōqer wə-yissəʿû from-ha-šiṭṭîm wə-yābōʾû until-ha-yardēn he and-all-bənê yiśrāʾēl wə-yālînû there ṭerem yaʿăbōrû

Grammar Details

*wə-yaškēm*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3ms - and he rose early
*yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joshua
*bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
*wə-yissəʿû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they journeyed/set out
*ha-šiṭṭîm*: definite article + proper noun - Shittim (place name)
*wə-yābōʾû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they came
*ha-yardēn*: definite article + proper noun - the Jordan (river)
*bənê*: noun construct, masculine plural - sons of/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wə-yālînû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they lodged/spent the night
*ṭerem*: adverb - before/not yet
*yaʿăbōrû*: qal imperfect 3mp - they would cross over

Word Meanings

*yaškēm*: to rise early, to start early
*šiṭṭîm*: acacia trees/place name Shittim
*yābōʾû*: to come, to enter, to arrive
*yālînû*: to lodge, to spend the night, to remain overnight
*ṭerem*: not yet, before, ere

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Referenced Verses

Josh 2:1 : 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
Gen 22:3 : 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Num 25:1 : 1 And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
Ps 119:60 : 60 I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.
Jer 7:13 : 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
Jer 25:3 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Jer 26:5 : 5 to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Mic 6:5 : 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.

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