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Now theseהָאֵלֶּהfiveחֲמֵשֶׁתkingsהַמְּלָכִיםfledוַיָּנֻסוּand hidוַיֵּחָבְאוּin the caveבַמְּעָרָהat Makkedah.בְּמַקֵּדָה
Joshua 10:16
Study it in the app“Now these five kings fled and hid in the cave at Makkedah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:16, word by word
- fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- and hidיֵּחָבְאוּyechavu
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “yechavu” appears- in the caveמְּעָרָהmeara
cave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appears- at Makkedahמַקֵּדָהmakeda
Makkedah
Makkedah: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah, with the cave where the five kings hid.
Where else “makeda” appears
The context
15Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
16 · This verse (above)
17And it was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”