And allוְאֵת כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהkingsהַמְּלָכִיםand their landוְאֶת אַרְצָםJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַtookלָכַדat oneאֶחָתtime,פַּעַםbecauseכִּיYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלfoughtנִלְחָםfor Israel.לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 10:42
Study it in the app“And all these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, fought for Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:42, word by word
- kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- and their landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- 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- tookלָכַדlachad
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lachad” appears- at oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- timeפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of 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- foughtנִלְחָםnilcham
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appears
The context
41And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
42 · This verse (above)
43Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.