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And it was toldוַיֻּגַּדJoshua,לִיהוֹשֻׁעַsaying,לֵאמֹר“The fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתkingsהַמְּלָכִיםhave been foundנִמְצְאוּhiddenנֶחְבְּאִיםin the caveבַּמְּעָרָהat Makkedah.”בְּמַקֵּדָה
Joshua 10:17
Study it in the app“And it was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:17, word by word
- And it was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- Joshuaיהוֹשֻׁעַyhoshua
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 “yhoshua” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “The fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- have been foundנִמְצְאוּnimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsu” appears- hiddenנֶחְבְּאִיםnechbim
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “nechbim” 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
16Now these five kings fled and hid in the cave at Makkedah.
17 · This verse (above)
18Joshua said, “Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave and appoint men by it to guard them.