Joshua 4:20 — Hebrew Bible interlinear

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. וְ,אֵת
2. וְ · אֵת
3. And DOM
4. -
5. H853 ↗
6. SO-C,To
7. and=\untr DOM\untr*
8. S
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100691
1. שְׁתֵּים
2. שְׁנַיִם
3. two plus
4. -
5. H8147 ↗
6. O-Acfda
7. two_plus
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100692
1. עֶשְׂרֵה
2. עֶשְׂרֵה
3. ten
4. -
5. H6240 ↗
6. O-Acfsa
7. ten
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100693
1. הָ,אֲבָנִים
2. הַ · אֶבֶן
3. the stones
4. boulders
5. H68 ↗
6. O-Td,Ncfpa
7. the,stones
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100694
1. הָ,אֵלֶּה
2. הַ · אֵלֶּה
3. the these
4. -
5. H428 ↗
6. O-Td,Pdxcp
7. the=these
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100695
1. אֲשֶׁר
2. אֲשֶׁר
3. which
4. which
5. H834a ↗
6. O-Tr
7. which
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100696
1. לָקְחוּ
2. לָקַח
3. they had taken
4. #they had
5. H3947 ↗
6. V-Vqp3cp
7. they_had_taken
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100697
1. מִן
2. מִן
3. from
4. -
5. H4480a ↗
6. O-R
7. from
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100698
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 100699
1. הַ,יַּרְדֵּן
2. הַ · יַרְדֵּן
3. the Yardēn
4. -
5. H3383 ↗
6. O-Td,Np
7. the,Jordan
8. -
9. Location=Jordan; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100700
1. הֵקִים
2. קוּם
3. he set up
4. set up
5. H6965b ↗
6. V-Vhp3ms
7. he_set_up
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100701
1. יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
2. יְהֹושֻׁעַ
3. Yəhōshūˊa
4. -
5. H3091 ↗
6. S-Np
7. Joshua
8. -
9. Person=Joshua; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100702
1. בַּ,גִּלְגָּל
2. בְּ · גִּלְגָּל
3. at Gilgāl
4. -
5. H1537 ↗
6. S-Rd,Np
7. at,Gilgal
8. -
9. Location=Gilgal; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100703
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 100704

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–5:1 The Israelites commemorated the crossing of the Jordan River

Twelve men from among the Israelites each took a stone from the middle of the Jordan River. With these stones Joshua built a monument to remind the Israelite people, and their descendants, about how God helped them cross the river.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Setting up memorial stones

Twelve memorial stones

A reminder that God brought them to the promised land

4:20a

And there at Gilgal Joshua set up

Joshua set up at Gilgal as a monument
Joshua commanded the men to set up as a memorial at Gilgal

Joshua set up: It is likely that Joshua commanded the men to set up the stones. He probably did not do this himself. However, this is not certain. You may wish to rearrange the parts of this verse, for example:

The men who had carried the twelve rocks from the Jordan brought them to Joshua, and they made them into a monument (CEV)

Joshua had the men set up a memorial with the twelve stones that they had taken from the Jordan River and carried to Gilgal

4:20b

the twelve stones

the twelve stones they carried with them
those twelve stones

the twelve stones: The phrase the twelve stones refers to the twelve stones that Joshua told the men to take out of the Jordan River.

4:20c

they had taken from the Jordan.

that they took from the Jordan River.
which they carried from the Jordan River.

they had taken from the Jordan: The word they refers to the twelve men whom Joshua chose to take the stones from the middle of the river.

General Comment on 4:20

In this verse the object (the stones) comes first and the subject (Joshua) comes after the verb. This is a device used in the Hebrew language to emphasize the stones. If possible, use the natural grammar of your language to give emphasis to the stones.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. And DOM
2. -
3. H853 ↗
4. וְ,אֵת֩
5. וְ · אֵת
6. SO-C,To
7. and=\untr DOM\untr*
8. S
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100691
1. two plus
2. -
3. H8147 ↗
4. שְׁתֵּ֨ים
5. שְׁנַיִם
6. O-Acfda
7. two_plus
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100692
1. ten
2. -
3. H6240 ↗
4. עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה
5. עֶשְׂרֵה
6. O-Acfsa
7. ten
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100693
1. the stones
2. boulders
3. H68 ↗
4. הָֽ,אֲבָנִים֙
5. הַ · אֶבֶן
6. O-Td,Ncfpa
7. the,stones
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100694
1. the these
2. -
3. H428 ↗
4. הָ,אֵ֔לֶּה
5. הַ · אֵלֶּה
6. O-Td,Pdxcp
7. the=these
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100695
1. which
2. which
3. H834a ↗
4. אֲשֶׁ֥ר
5. אֲשֶׁר
6. O-Tr
7. which
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100696
1. they had taken
2. #they had
3. H3947 ↗
4. לָקְח֖וּ
5. לָקַח
6. V-Vqp3cp
7. they_had_taken
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100697
1. from
2. -
3. H4480a ↗
4. מִן
5. מִן
6. O-R
7. from
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100698
1. the Yardēn
2. -
3. H3383 ↗
4. הַ,יַּרְדֵּ֑ן
5. הַ · יַרְדֵּן
6. O-Td,Np
7. the,Jordan
8. -
9. Location=Jordan; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100700
1. Yəhōshūˊa
2. -
3. H3091 ↗
4. יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
5. יְהֹושֻׁעַ
6. S-Np
7. Joshua
8. -
9. Person=Joshua; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100702
1. he set up
2. set up
3. H6965b ↗
4. הֵקִ֥ים
5. קוּם
6. V-Vhp3ms
7. he_set_up
8. -
9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100701
1. at Gilgāl
2. -
3. H1537 ↗
4. בַּ,גִּלְגָּֽל
5. בְּ · גִּלְגָּל
6. S-Rd,Np
7. at,Gilgal
8. -
9. Location=Gilgal; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
10. 100703

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.