And it came about,וַיְהִיat the timeלְעֵתof the going downבּוֹאof the sun,הַשֶּׁמֶשׁthat Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַgave command,צִוָּהand they took them downוַיֹּרִידוּםfromמֵעַלthe treesהָעֵצִיםand threw themוַיַּשְׁלִכֻםintoאֶלthe caveהַמְּעָרָהwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthey had hidden,נֶחְבְּאוּand they putוַיָּשִׂמוּgreatגְּדֹלוֹתstonesאֲבָנִיםonעַלthe mouthפִּיof the cave,הַמְּעָרָהwhich are there untilעַדthis veryעֶצֶם הַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Joshua 10:27
Study it in the app“And 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.”
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Joshua 10:27, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- at the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of the going downבּוֹאbo
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “bo” appears- of the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
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” appears- that 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- gave commandצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- and they took them downיֹּרִידוּyoridu
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yoridu” appears- the treesעֵצִיםetsim
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- and threw themיַּשְׁלִכֻyashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appears- the caveמְּעָרָהmeara
cave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appears- they had hiddenנֶחְבְּאוּnechbu
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “nechbu” appears- and they putיָּשִׂמוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- greatגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appears- stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- the mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- this veryעֶצֶםetsem
very
With "day", it means "that very day", stressing that it happened right then.
Where else “etsem” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
26Afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death and hanged them on five trees, and they were hanging on the trees until evening.
27 · This verse (above)
28And Makkedah Joshua took on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king; he devoted to destruction them and every person who was in it; he left no survivor. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.