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Only,רַקallכָּלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםthat stoodהָעֹמְדוֹתonעַלtheir mounds,תִּלָּםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלdid notלֹאburn them,שְׂרָפָםexceptזוּלָתִיHazorאֶת חָצוֹרalone;לְבַדָּהּthat Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַburned.שָׂרַף
Joshua 11:13
Study it in the app“Only, all the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel did not burn them, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 11:13, word by word
- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- that stoodעֹמְדוֹתomdot
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omdot” appears- their moundsתִּלָּtila
mound, ruin heap
Mound: a hill formed by the ruins of a destroyed city.
Where else “tila” 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- burn themשְׂרָפָserafa
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serafa” appears- exceptזוּלָתִיzulati
except, besides
Except, besides.
Where else “zulati” appears- Hazorחָצוֹרchatsor
Hazor
See it on the mapWhere else “chatsor” appears- aloneבַדָּvada
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vada” appears- that 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
Translation note
The “mound” (tel) is the hill formed by the ruins of earlier cities, on which people built again.
Places in this verse
Hazor
Today: Tel Hazor ruins, Israel
A city in northern Israel, about 9 miles (15 km) north of the Sea of Galilee.
Joshua defeated and burned it (Josh 11:10-11). Later its king Jabin oppressed Israel until Deborah and Barak defeated him (Judg 4:2). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15).
The context
12And all the cities of these kings and all their kings Joshua took, and he struck them with the edge of the sword; he devoted them to destruction, just as Moses the servant of YHWH had commanded.
13 · This verse (above)
14And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock the sons of Israel plundered for themselves; only all the human beings they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them; they did not leave anything that breathed.