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Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַpassed on,וַיַּעֲבֹרand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith him,עִמּוֹfrom Makkedahמִמַּקֵּדָהto Libnah,לִבְנָהand foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםagainstעִםLibnah.לִבְנָה
Joshua 10:29
Study it in the app“Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.”
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Joshua 10:29, word by word
- Then 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- passed onיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- 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- from Makkedahמַּקֵּדָהmakeda
Makkedah
Makkedah: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah, with the cave where the five kings hid.
Where else “makeda” appears- to Libnahלִבְנָהlivna
Libnah
Libnah, a place in the wilderness where Israel camped; also a city in Canaan. The name means "whiteness."
Where else “livna” appears- and foughtיִּלָּחֶםyilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachem” appears
The context
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.
29 · This verse (above)
30And YHWH gave it also, and its king, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it; he left no survivor in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.