NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon That the watersmayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). which came down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) from above ma`al (mah'al) the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc. -- above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very. stood `amad (aw-mad') to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) and rose up quwm (koom) to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) upon an 'echad (ekh-awd') united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first heap ned (nade) a mound, i.e. wave -- heap. very m`od (meh-ode') vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. far rachaq (raw-khak') to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) from the city `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. Adam 'Adam (aw-dawm') Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine -- Adam. that is beside tsad (tsad) a side; figuratively, an adversary -- (be-)side. Zaretan Tsarthan (tsaw-reth-awn') Tsarethan, a place in Palestine -- Zarthan. and those that came down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) toward the sea yam (yawm) from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). of the plain `arabah (ar-aw-baw') a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea -- Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. even the salt melach (meh'-lakh) powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved -- salt(-pit). sea yam (yawm) from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). failed tamam (taw-mam') to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows) and were cut off karath (kaw-rath') to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant and the people `am (am) a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people. passed over `abar (aw-bar') to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) right against Jericho Yriychow (yer-ee-kho') its month; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine -- Jericho. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible and the water flowing downstream stood still, rising up in a mass that extended as far as Adam, a city next to Zarethan. The water flowing downstream into the Sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho. International Standard Version the water flowing downstream from above stood still in a single location, a great distance away at Adam, a city near Zarethan. The water that flowed south toward the sea in the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. NET Bible the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. GOD'S WORD® Translation the water, the water stopped flowing from upstream. The water rose up like a dam as far away as the city of Adam near Zarethan. The water flowing down toward the Sea of the Plains (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. Then the people crossed from the east side [of the Jordan River] directly opposite Jericho. King James 2000 Bible That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far at the city Adam, that is beside Zarethan: 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 opposite Jericho. Links Joshua 3:16Joshua 3:16 NIV Joshua 3:16 NLT Joshua 3:16 ESV Joshua 3:16 NASB Joshua 3:16 KJV |
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