Joshua 10:27

“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.”

Joshua 10:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 10:27, word by word

And it came aboutיְהִיyehi

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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at the timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

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of the going downבּוֹאbo

set

For the sun to set.

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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.

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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).

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gave commandצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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and they took them downיֹּרִידוּyoridu

bring down

To bring something or someone to a lower place.

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the treesעֵצִיםetsim

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

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and threw themיַּשְׁלִכֻyashlichu

throw

To throw something with force, far off or down.

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the caveמְּעָרָהmeara

cave

Cave.

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they had hiddenנֶחְבְּאוּnechbu

hide

Hide oneself.

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and they putיָּשִׂמוּyasimu

put

To put something somewhere.

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greatגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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the mouthפִּיpi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

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this veryעֶצֶםetsem

very

With "day", it means "that very day", stressing that it happened right then.

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dayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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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.

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