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ThenאָזHoramהֹרָםkingמֶלֶךְof Gezerגֶּזֶרcame upעָלָהto helpלַעְזֹרLachish,אֶת לָכִישׁand Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַstruck himיַּכֵּהוּand his peopleוְאֶת עַמּוֹuntilעַדhe had leftהִשְׁאִירhimלוֹnoבִּלְתִּיsurvivor.שָׂרִיד
Joshua 10:33
Study it in the app“Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he had left him no survivor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:33, word by word
- Horamהֹרָםhoram
Horam
Horam: a king of Gezer in the time of Joshua. The name comes from "high."
Where else “horam” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Gezerגֶּזֶרgezer
Gezer
See it on the mapWhere else “gezer” appears- came upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- to helpעְזֹרezor
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “ezor” appears- Lachishלָכִישׁlachish
Lachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appears- and 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 himיַּכֵּyake
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appears- and his peopleעַמּam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- he had leftהִשְׁאִירhishir
leave
To leave something over.
Where else “hishir” appears- survivorשָׂרִידsarid
survivor
Survivor: one who remains alive after a battle or a disaster.
Where else “sarid” appears
Places in this verse
1Gezer
Today: Tel Gezer ruins, Israel
A city on the plain, about 19 miles (30 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua defeated its king (Josh 10:33). Pharaoh took it and gave it to his daughter, Solomon's wife, and Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:16-17).
2Lachish
Today: Tel Lachish ruins, Israel
A fortified city in the low hills of Judah, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua took it (Josh 10:32). Sennacherib attacked it before coming against Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:14), and it was one of the last cities to fall to Babylon (Jer 34:7).
The context
32And YHWH gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he took it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33 · This verse (above)
34Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought against it.