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Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַturned back,וַיָּשָׁבand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith him,עִמּוֹto Debir,דְּבִרָהand foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםagainst it.עָלֶיהָ
Joshua 10:38
Study it in the app“Then Joshua turned back, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:38, 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- turned backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” 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- to Debirדְּבִרָdevira
Debir
Debir: the name of a king of Eglon and of places in Palestine; the best known is a city in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “devira” 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
37They took it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and all its cities and every person who was in it; he left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon; and he devoted it to destruction and every person who was in it.
38 · This verse (above)
39He took it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person who was in it; he left no survivor. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and to its king, and as he had done to Libnah and to its king.