Study it in the app“Then Joshua spoke to YHWH on the day when YHWH gave up the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon.””
ThenאָזJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַspokeיְדַבֵּרto YHWHלַיהוָהon the dayבְּיוֹםwhen YHWHיְהוָהgave upתֵּתthe Amoriteאֶת הָאֱמֹרִיbeforeלִפְנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרin the sightלְעֵינֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל“Sun,שֶׁמֶשׁstand stillדּוֹםat Gibeon,בְּגִבְעוֹןand moon,וְיָרֵחַin the valleyבְּעֵמֶקof Aijalon.”אַיָּלוֹן
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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” 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 “yhva” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tet” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearsbe silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “dom” appearsGibeon
See it on the mapWhere else “givon” appearsmoon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearsAijalon
Aijalon: the name of several places; the best known is a valley and city west of Jerusalem. The name comes from "deer."
Where else “ayalon” appearsGibeon
Today: al-Jib (Gibeon), West Bank
A city about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Its people tricked Joshua into making peace with Israel (Josh 9:3-15). When Joshua defended them, the sun stood still (Josh 10:12). Solomon offered sacrifices there (1 Kgs 3:4).
11And it came about, as they fled before Israel, while they were on the descent of Beth-horon, that YHWH threw down on them great stones from the heavens as far as Azekah, and they died. More were those who died by the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
12 · This verse (above)
13And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. Is it not written in the book of the Upright? The sun stopped in the middle of the heavens and did not hurry to go down for about a whole day.
