16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Joshua 3:16:1 ⧉וַיַּעַמְד֡וּvayaamduand stood still Joshua 3:16:2 ⧉הַמַּיִם֩hamaiyimthe waters Joshua 3:16:3 ⧉הַיֹּרְדִ֨יםhayordeemthat were descending Joshua 3:16:4 ⧉מִלְמַ֜עְלָהmilmalafrom above Joshua 3:16:5 ⧉קָ֣מוּkamurose up Joshua 3:16:6 ⧉נֵד־אֶחָ֗דnedekhadin one heap Joshua 3:16:7 ⧉הַרְחֵ֨קharkhekvery far Joshua 3:16:8 ⧉מְאֹ֜דmeodvery Joshua 3:16:9 ⧉באדםbeodamat Adam Joshua 3:16:10 ⧉מֵֽאָדָ֤םmeodamfrom Adam Joshua 3:16:11 ⧉הָעִיר֙haeerthe city Joshua 3:16:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֙asherthat Joshua 3:16:13 ⧉מִצַּ֣דmitsadat the side of Joshua 3:16:14 ⧉צָֽרְתָ֔ןtsartanZarethan Joshua 3:16:15 ⧉וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗יםvehayordeemand those going down Joshua 3:16:16 ⧉עַ֣לaltoward Joshua 3:16:17 ⧉יָ֧םyamthe sea Joshua 3:16:18 ⧉הָעֲרָבָ֛הhaaravaof the Arabah Joshua 3:16:19 ⧉יָם־הַמֶּ֖לַחyamhamelakhthe Salt Sea Joshua 3:16:20 ⧉תַּ֣מּוּtamuwere completely cut off Joshua 3:16:21 ⧉נִכְרָ֑תוּnikhratuwere cut off Joshua 3:16:22 ⧉וְהָעָ֥םvehaamand the people Joshua 3:16:23 ⧉עָבְר֖וּavroocrossed over Joshua 3:16:24 ⧉נֶ֥גֶדnegedopposite Joshua 3:16:25 ⧉יְרִיחֽוֹ׃yerikhoJericho |
16. Formal Translation And the waters that were descending from above stood still; they rose as one heap far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan. Then those descending toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off, and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. |
16. Dynamic Translation So the water coming down from upstream stopped. It piled up in a single heap a great distance away at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down toward the Arabah Sea (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off, and all the people crossed the river directly opposite Jericho. |