Joshua 3:5

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶל־הָעָ֖ם הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ כִּ֣י מָחָ֗ר יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֖ם נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer yəhôšuaʿ unto-hā-ʿām hitqaddāšû because māḥār yaʿăśeh YHWH in-qirbəkem niplāʾôt

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
• *yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joshua
• *hā-ʿām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
• *hitqaddāšû*: hithpael imperative 2mp - sanctify yourselves
• *māḥār*: adverb - tomorrow
• *yaʿăśeh*: qal imperfect 3ms - he will do
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
• *qirbəkem*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2mp suffix - your midst
• *niplāʾôt*: niphal participle, feminine plural - wonders/miracles

Word Meanings

• *hitqaddāšû*: to sanctify yourselves, to consecrate yourselves, to make yourselves holy
• *qirbəkem*: in your midst, among you
• *niplāʾôt*: wonders, marvels, miracles, extraordinary things

Referenced Verses

• Josh 7:13 : 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
• 1 Sam 16:5 : 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
• Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
• Ps 86:10 : 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
• Joel 2:16 : 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
• John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
• Ps 114:1-7 : 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
• Num 11:8 : 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
• Josh 3:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
• Josh 3:15 : 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
• Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
• Exod 19:10-15 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.