Joshua 3:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.”
יָם
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
כָּרַת
they were cut off
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כָּרַת
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
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מְאֹד
very
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מְאֹד
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
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קוּם
they rose
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קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
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עָבַר
they passed over
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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רָחַק
far away
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רָחַק
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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תָּמַם
they were complete
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תָּמַם
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
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יְרִיחוֹ
Jericho
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יְרִיחוֹ
Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
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צָרְתָן
Zarethan
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צָרְתָן
Tsarethan, a place in Palestine
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נֵד
a heap
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נֵד
a mound, i.e. wave
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