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OET interlinear JOS 4:9

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Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. וּ,שְׁתֵּים
    2. 145285,145286
    3. And two plus
    4. Then
    5. 8147
    6. SO-C,Acfda
    7. and,two_plus
    8. S
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100489
    1. עֶשְׂרֵה
    2. 145287
    3. ten
    4. -
    5. 6240
    6. O-Acfsa
    7. ten
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100490
    1. אֲבָנִים
    2. 145288
    3. stones
    4. boulders
    5. 68
    6. O-Ncfpa
    7. stones
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100491
    1. הֵקִים
    2. 145289
    3. he set up
    4. -
    6. V-Vhp3ms
    7. he_set_up
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100492
    1. יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
    2. 145290
    3. Yəhōshūˊa
    4. Yehoshua
    5. 3091
    6. S-Np
    7. Joshua
    8. -
    9. Person=Joshua; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100493
    1. בְּ,תוֹךְ
    2. 145291,145292
    3. in the middle
    4. middle
    5. 8432
    6. S-R,Ncmsc
    7. in_the=middle
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100494
    1. הַ,יַּרְדֵּן
    2. 145293,145294
    3. of the Yardēn
    4. Yordan
    5. 3383
    6. S-Td,Np
    7. of,the_Jordan
    8. -
    9. Location=Jordan; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100495
    1. תַּחַת
    2. 145295
    3. in the place of
    4. -
    5. 8478
    6. S-R
    7. in_the_place_of
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100496
    1. מַצַּב
    2. 145296
    3. the standing-place of
    4. -
    5. 4673
    6. S-Ncmsc
    7. the_standing-place_of
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100497
    1. רַגְלֵי
    2. 145297
    3. the feet of
    4. feet
    5. 7272
    6. S-Ncfdc
    7. of_the_feet_of
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100498
    1. הַ,כֹּהֲנִים
    2. 145298,145299
    3. the priests
    4. priests
    5. 3548
    6. S-Td,Ncmpa
    7. of,the_priests
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100499
    1. נֹשְׂאֵי
    2. 145300
    3. who carry of
    4. carrying
    5. 5375
    6. S-Vqrmpc
    7. [who]_carry_of
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100500
    1. אֲרוֹן
    2. 145301
    3. (of) the box of
    4. box
    5. 727
    6. S-Ncbsc
    7. (of)_the_ark_of
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100501
    1. הַ,בְּרִית
    2. 145302,145303
    3. the covenant
    4. agreement
    5. 1285
    6. S-Td,Ncfsa
    7. of,the_covenant
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100502
    1. וַ,יִּהְיוּ
    2. 145304,145305
    3. and they were
    4. and they
    5. 1961
    6. SV-C,Vqw3mp
    7. and=they_were
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100503
    1. שָׁם
    2. 145306
    3. there
    4. there
    5. 8033
    6. S-D
    7. there
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100504
    1. עַד
    2. 145307
    3. until
    4. until
    5. 5704
    6. S-R
    7. until
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100505
    1. הַ,יּוֹם
    2. 145308,145309
    3. the day
    4. -
    5. 3117
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    7. the=day
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100506
    1. הַ,זֶּֽה
    2. 145310,145311
    3. (the) this
    4. -
    5. 2088
    6. S-Td,Pdxms
    7. (the),this
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100507
    2. 145312
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-sof-pasuq
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 100508

OET (OET-LV) And_two_plus ten stones Yəhōshūˊa he_set_up in_the_middle of_the_Yardēn in_the_place_of the_standing-place_of the_feet_of the_priests (of)_the_box_of who_carry_of the_covenant and_they_were there until the_day (the)_this.

OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua stacked up twelve other boulders in the middle of the Yordan where the feet of the priests carrying the box with the agreement had been, and they remain there until today.

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

4:9a

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan,

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan: There is an interpretation issue in this verse.

  1. Joshua set up the twelve stones in the middle of the river at the place where the priests stood with the ark. This was a second monument. For example:

    Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan (NET) (BSB, NET, RSV, ESV, GW, NAB, NASB, NCV, NJB, NJPS, NLT, REB, GNT, CEV, KJV)

  2. Joshua set up the twelve stones at their campsite. These are the stones that the twelve men carried up out of the middle of the Jordan River. They do not refer to a separate monument. For example:

    Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan (NIV) (NIV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). Nearly all English versions and most commentaries understand it this way.

It is most likely that Joshua had some people build the monument for him. You may want to make this explicit. For example:

Joshua had some other men set up a monument (CEV)

Joshua also had twelve stones set up (NAB)

Joshua had the men place another set of twelve stones

also: The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB translates as also does not indicate that the next action in the story is about to take place. Verse 4:9 is a parenthetical comment. It may be more natural in some languages to use a word such as “and.” For example:

And Joshua set up twelve stones (RSV)

4:9b

in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood.

in the place where the priests: The Hebrew is literally “in the place where the feet of the priests.” It may be more natural in some languages to make the words “the feet of” explicit.

who carried the ark of the covenant stood: The phrase who carried the ark of the covenant indicates that the priests were holding the ark of the covenant while they stood in the middle of river.

It may be more natural in some languages to rearrange the phrases. For example:

where the priests had stood while carrying the Ark of the Agreement (NCV)

It is also possible to leave this phrase implicit if that is more natural in your language. For example:

the place where the priests were standing (CEV)

4:9c

And the stones are there to this day.

And the stones are there to this day: The phrase the stones are there to this day means that the stones were still in the river at the time that the author wrote the book of Joshua.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

תַּ֗חַת מַצַּב֙ רַגְלֵ֣י הַ⁠כֹּהֲנִ֔ים

below/instead_of place_where_~_hadstood_of feet_of of,the_priests

See how you translated the same expression in [4:3](../04/03.md). Alternate translation: [under the place where the priests had been standing]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַ֖ד הַ⁠יּ֥וֹם הַ⁠זֶּֽה

until the=day (the),this

As the Introduction to Joshua discusses, the author is using the term day by association to refer to a specific time, the time when he was writing this book. He means that the 12 stones were still in the middle of the Jordan at the time he wrote this account of them. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or state the meaning plainly, here and for the other occurrences of this phrase in the book. Alternate translation: [right up to this time]

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

4:9 A second memorial of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan was submerged as soon as the river resumed its flow. The monument’s top would be visible in the dry summer seasons.
• Their existence to this day indicates that the memorials stood for generations, until the final editing of the book (see Joshua Book Introduction, “Author and Date”).

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

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. And two plus
    2. Then
    3. 1987,7502
    5. 145285,145286
    6. SO-C,Acfda
    8. S
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100489
    1. ten
    2. -
    3. 5787
    5. 145287
    6. O-Acfsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100490
    1. stones
    2. boulders
    3. 353
    5. 145288
    6. O-Ncfpa
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100491
    1. Yəhōshūˊa
    2. Yehoshua
    3. 2901
    5. 145290
    6. S-Np
    8. -
    9. Person=Joshua; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100493
    1. he set up
    2. -
    3. 7037
    5. 145289
    6. V-Vhp3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100492
    1. in the middle
    2. middle
    3. 846,8360
    5. 145291,145292
    6. S-R,Ncmsc
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100494
    1. of the Yardēn
    2. Yordan
    3. 1893,3173
    5. 145293,145294
    6. S-Td,Np
    8. -
    9. Location=Jordan; Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100495
    1. in the place of
    2. -
    3. 8310
    5. 145295
    6. S-R
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100496
    1. the standing-place of
    2. -
    3. 4570
    5. 145296
    6. S-Ncmsc
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100497
    1. the feet of
    2. feet
    3. 7165
    5. 145297
    6. S-Ncfdc
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100498
    1. the priests
    2. priests
    3. 1893,3668
    5. 145298,145299
    6. S-Td,Ncmpa
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100499
    1. (of) the box of
    2. box
    3. 231
    5. 145301
    6. S-Ncbsc
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100501
    1. who carry of
    2. carrying
    3. 5228
    5. 145300
    6. S-Vqrmpc
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100500
    1. the covenant
    2. agreement
    3. 1893,911
    5. 145302,145303
    6. S-Td,Ncfsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100502
    1. and they were
    2. and they
    3. 1987,1929
    5. 145304,145305
    6. SV-C,Vqw3mp
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100503
    1. there
    2. there
    3. 7833
    5. 145306
    6. S-D
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100504
    1. until
    2. until
    3. 5798
    5. 145307
    6. S-R
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100505
    1. the day
    2. -
    3. 1893,3371
    5. 145308,145309
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100506
    1. (the) this
    2. -
    3. 1893,2066
    5. 145310,145311
    6. S-Td,Pdxms
    8. -
    9. Y-1451; TWar_with_Canaanites
    10. 100507

OET (OET-LV) And_two_plus ten stones Yəhōshūˊa he_set_up in_the_middle of_the_Yardēn in_the_place_of the_standing-place_of the_feet_of the_priests (of)_the_box_of who_carry_of the_covenant and_they_were there until the_day (the)_this.

OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua stacked up twelve other boulders in the middle of the Yordan where the feet of the priests carrying the box with the agreement had been, and they remain there until today.

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.OET logo mark

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