Joshua 4:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Young's Literal Translation
so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones to you?

King James Bible
That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your children ask [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?

Hebrew
to
לְמַ֗עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

serve as
תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a sign
א֖וֹת (’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

among you.
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם (bə·qir·bə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

In the future,
מָחָר֙ (mā·ḥār)
Adverb
Strong's 4279: Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

your children
בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם (bə·nê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

ask,
יִשְׁאָל֨וּן (yiš·’ā·lūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

‘What
מָ֛ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do these
הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

stones
הָאֲבָנִ֥ים (hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

mean to you?’
לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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