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And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַdefeatedיַּחֲלֹשׁAmalekאֶת עֲמָלֵקand his peopleוְאֶת עַמּוֹwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword.חָרֶב
Exodus 17:13
Study it in the app“And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 17:13, word by word
- And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
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” appears- defeatedיַּחֲלֹשׁyachalosh
overwhelm
Defeat, leave without strength; grow weak.
Where else “yachalosh” appears- Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- and his peopleעַמּam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- with the edgeפִיfi
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appears- of the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
The context
12But Moses’ hands grew heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the setting of the sun.
13 · This verse (above)
14YHWH said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book, and put it in the hearing of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”