Study it in the app“In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through Joshua son of Nun.”
In his daysבְּיָמָיוHielחִיאֵלof Bethelבֵּית הָאֱלִיbuiltבָּנָהJericho.יְרִיחֹהAt the cost of Abiramבַּאֲבִירָםhis firstbornבְּכֹרוֹhe laid its foundation,יִסְּדָהּand at the cost of Segubוּבִשְׂגוּבhis youngestצְעִירוֹhe set upהִצִּיבits gates,דְּלָתֶיהָaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun.נוּן
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appearsHiel
Hiel: a name meaning "El lives." He is the man from Bethel who built Jericho in the days of Ahab, at the cost of his two sons (1 Kings 16:34).
Where else “chiel” appearsBethelite
Bethelite: an inhabitant of the city of Bethel. Hiel, who built Jericho, is called this (1 Kings 16:34).
Where else “bet” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bana” appearsJericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yericho” appearsAbiram
Abiram, the name of two men; among them a man of the tribe of Reuben who rebelled against Moses with Korah and Dathan. The name means "my father is exalted."
Where else “aviram” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsfound
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yisda” appearsSegub
Segub: a name meaning "exalted." He is the youngest son of Hiel, who built Jericho (1 Kings 16:34); also a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:21-22).
Where else “seguv” appearsyounger
The youngest.
Where else “tseir” appearsset up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “hitsiv” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delate” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appearsNun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appearsThis is the curse that Joshua pronounced on whoever would build Jericho again (Joshua 6:26). “At the cost of” can be understood in two ways: that the two sons died during the work, or that they were sacrificed at its beginning and at its end; the text does not make it clear.
Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
33Ahab also made the Asherah; and Ahab did still more to provoke to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
34 · This verse (above)
