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that allכָלthe peopleהָעָםreturnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּtoאֶלthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהtoאֶלJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַat Makkedah,מַקֵּדָהin peace.בְּשָׁלוֹםNo oneלֹא לְאִישׁmovedחָרַץhis tongueאֶת לְשֹׁנוֹagainst the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 10:21
Study it in the app“that all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. No one moved his tongue against the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:21, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- 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- at Makkedahמַקֵּדָהmakeda
Makkedah
Makkedah: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah, with the cave where the five kings hid.
Where else “makeda” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- No oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- movedחָרַץcharats
bark
To wag the tongue against someone, to bark or threaten.
Where else “charats” appears- his tongueלְשֹׁנleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- against the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
20And it came about, when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them with a very great blow, until they were finished, and the survivors who survived of them had entered into the fortified cities,
21 · This verse (above)
22Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring out to me these five kings from the cave.”