Study it in the app“They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person who was in it he devoted to destruction on that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.”
They took itוַיִּלְכְּדוּהָon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםand struck itוַיַּכּוּהָwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חֶרֶבand everyוְאֵת כָּלpersonהַנֶּפֶשׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwas in itבָּהּhe devoted to destructionהֶחֱרִיםon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהto Lachish.לְלָכִישׁ
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkdu” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appearsedge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hecherim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsLachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appearsLachish
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).
34Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought against it.
35 · This verse (above)
36Then Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.
