Deuteronomy 3:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But give my orders to Joshua, comforting him and making him strong; for he is to go over Jordan at the head of this people, and he will give them this land which you will see for their heritage.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְצַ֥ו אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וְחַזְּקֵ֣הוּ וְאַמְּצֵ֑הוּ כִּי־ה֣וּא יַעֲבֹ֗ר לִפְנֵי֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהוּא֙ יַנְחִ֣יל אוֹתָ֔ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

And-command wəṣaw ʾet-Yəhôšuaʿ and-strengthen-him wəḥazzəqēhû and-encourage-him wəʾammṣēhû; for-kî-he hûʾ shall-cross-over yaʿăbōr before lipnê the-people hāʿām the-this hazzeh, and-he wəhûʾ shall-cause-to-inherit yanḥîl them ʾôtām ʾet-the-land hāʾāreṣ which ʾăšer you-will-see tirʾeh.

Grammar Details

• *wəṣaw*: conjunction + verb, piel imperative, masculine singular - and command
• *ʾet*: direct object marker - (accusative)
• *Yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun, personal name - Joshua
• *wəḥazzəqēhû*: conjunction + verb, piel imperative, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and strengthen him
• *wəʾammṣēhû*: conjunction + verb, piel imperative, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and encourage him
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
• *yaʿăbōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he shall cross over
• *lipnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in front of
• *hāʿām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
• *hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *wəhûʾ*: conjunction + pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - and he
• *yanḥîl*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he shall cause to inherit
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *tirʾeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will see

Word Meanings

• *ṣaw*: command/order/charge
• *ḥazzēq*: strengthen/make strong/harden
• *ʾammēṣ*: make strong/make courageous/be alert
• *yaʿăbōr*: cross over/pass through/transgress
• *yanḥîl*: cause to inherit/give as possession/apportion
• *tirʾeh*: see/observe/perceive

Referenced Verses

• Deut 31:3 : 3 The Lord your God, he will go over before you; he will send destruction on all those nations, and you will take their land as your heritage: and Joshua will go over at your head as the Lord has said.
• Deut 31:7 : 7 Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.
• Deut 31:23 : 23 Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you.
• Deut 1:38 : 38 Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.
• Num 27:18-23 : 18 And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him; 19 And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes. 20 And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority. 21 He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel. 22 So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people: 23 And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.
• Josh 1:2 : 2 Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.
• Josh 3:7-9 : 7 And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further. 9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite. 11 See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan. 12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe. 13 And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass. 14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people; 15 And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting), 16 Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho. 17 And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
• 1 Chr 22:6 : 6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.
• 1 Chr 22:11-16 : 11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you. 12 Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled. 14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it. 15 And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work, 16 In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.
• 1 Chr 28:9-9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever. 10 Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.
• 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
• Acts 7:45 : 45 Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,
• 1 Tim 6:13-14 : 13 I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith, 14 To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Tim 2:1-3 : 1 So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others. 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
• 2 Tim 4:1-6 : 1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom; 2 Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching; 3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them; 4 And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories. 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do. 6 For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.
• Heb 4:8 : 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.