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Allכֹּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהkingsהַמְּלָכִיםmet by appointmentוַיִּוָּעֲדוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּand campedוַיַּחֲנוּtogetherיַחְדָּוatאֶלthe watersמֵיof Meromמֵרוֹםto fightלְהִלָּחֵםwithעִםIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 11:5
Study it in the app“All these kings met by appointment and came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 11:5, word by word
- kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- met by appointmentיִּוָּעֲדוּyivaadu
gather
For several to gather together, sometimes to act against someone.
Where else “yivaadu” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Meromמֵרוֹםmerom
Merom
Merom: a place in the north with waters by which the Canaanite kings camped. The name comes from "height."
Where else “merom” appears- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” 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
The context
4They came out, they and all their camps with them, a people as many as the sand that is on the shore of the sea, in multitude, and horses and chariots, very many.
5 · This verse (above)
6YHWH said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for tomorrow at this time I will give all of them slain before Israel. Their horses you shall hamstring and their chariots you shall burn with fire.”