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So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַcame,וַיָּבֹאand allוְכָלthe peopleעַםof warהַמִּלְחָמָהwith him,עִמּוֹagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםbyעַלthe watersמֵיof Meromמֵרוֹםsuddenly,פִּתְאֹםand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּon them.בָּהֶם
Joshua 11:7
Study it in the app“So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fell on them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 11:7, 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- the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” 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- suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears- and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “yiplu” appears
The context
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.”
7 · This verse (above)
8And YHWH gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpah to the east; and they struck them until they had left them no survivor.