Study it in the app“And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and from all the hill country of Israel; with their cities Joshua devoted them to destruction.”
And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַcameוַיָּבֹאat thatבָּ הַהִיאtimeעֵתand cut offוַיַּכְרֵתthe Anakimאֶת הָעֲנָקִיםfromמִןthe hill country,הָהָרfromמִןHebron,חֶבְרוֹןfromמִןDebir,דְּבִרfromמִןAnab,עֲנָבand from allוּמִכֹּלthe hill countryהַרof Judahיְהוּדָהand from allוּמִכֹּלthe hill countryהַרof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלwithעִםtheir citiesעָרֵיהֶםJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַdevoted them to destruction.הֶחֱרִימָם
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yachret” appearsAnakite
Anakite: a descendant of Anak, a people of very tall men who lived in Canaan.
Where else “anakim” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” 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 “devir” appearsAnab
Anab: a city in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “anav” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsIsrael
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” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hecherima” 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).
20For it was from YHWH to make their heart obstinate to meet Israel in battle, in order that he might devote them to destruction, so that there would be no favor for them, but in order that he might destroy them, just as YHWH had commanded Moses.
21 · This verse (above)
22No Anakim were left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.
