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So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַcameוַיָּבֹאupon themאֲלֵיהֶםsuddenly;פִּתְאֹםallכָּלnightהַלַּיְלָהhe had gone upעָלָהfromמִןGilgal.הַגִּלְגָּל
Joshua 10:9
Study it in the app“So Joshua came upon them suddenly; all night he had gone up from Gilgal.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 10:9, word by word
- So 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- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- he had gone 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- Gilgalגִּלְגָּלgilgal
Gilgal
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Places in this verse
Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
The context
8And YHWH said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for into your hand I have given them; not a man of them shall stand before you.”
9 · This verse (above)
10And YHWH threw them into confusion before Israel, and he struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah.