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Afterwardאַחֲרֵי כֵןJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַstruck themוַיַּכֵּםand put them to deathוַיְמִיתֵםand hanged themוַיִּתְלֵםonעַלfiveחֲמִשָּׁהtrees,עֵצִיםand they wereוַיִּהְיוּhangingתְּלוּיִםonעַלthe treesהָעֵצִיםuntilעַדevening.הָעָרֶב
Joshua 10:26
Study it in the app“Afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death and hanged them on five trees, and they were hanging on the trees until evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:26, word by word
- 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- struck themיַּכֵּyake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appears- and put them to deathיְמִיתֵyemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appears- and hanged themיִּתְלֵyitle
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “yitle” appears- fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- treesעֵצִיםetsim
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- and they wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears
The context
25And Joshua said to them, “Do not fear or be dismayed; be strong and firm, for thus YHWH will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”
26 · This verse (above)
27And it came about, at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua gave command, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden, and they put great stones on the mouth of the cave, which are there until this very day.