Study it in the app“He 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.”
He took itוַיִּלְכְּדָהּand its kingוְאֶת מַלְכָּהּand allוְאֶת כָּלits cities,עָרֶיהָand they struck themוַיַּכּוּםwith the edgeלְפִיof the swordחֶרֶבand devoted to destructionוַיַּחֲרִימוּeveryאֶת כָּלpersonנֶפֶשׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwas in it;בָּהּhe leftהִשְׁאִירnoלֹאsurvivor.שָׂרִידAsכַּאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהto Hebron,לְחֶבְרוֹןsoכֵּןhe didעָשָׂהto Debirלִדְבִרָהand to its king,וּלְמַלְכָּהּand asוְכַאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהto Libnahלְלִבְנָהand to its king.וּלְמַלְכָּהּ
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkda” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malka” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” 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” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “yacharimu” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearsleave
To leave something over.
Where else “hishir” appearssurvivor
Survivor: one who remains alive after a battle or a disaster.
Where else “sarid” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsHebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appearsDebir
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” appearsLibnah
Libnah, a place in the wilderness where Israel camped; also a city in Canaan. The name means "whiteness."
Where else “livna” appearsHebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
38Then Joshua turned back, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.
39 · This verse (above)
40So Joshua struck all the land: the hill country, the Negev, the Shephelah, and the slopes, and all their kings; he left no survivor, and he devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, had commanded.
