Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַdidוַיַּעַשׂto themלָהֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad told him:אָמַר לוֹtheir horsesאֶת סוּסֵיהֶםhe hamstrung,עִקֵּרand their chariotsוְאֶת מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶםhe burnedשָׂרַףwith fire.בָּאֵשׁ
Joshua 11:9
Study it in the app“Joshua did to them as YHWH had told him: their horses he hamstrung, and their chariots he burned with fire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 11:9, word by word
- 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- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had told himאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- their horsesסוּסֵיsuse
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “suse” appears- he hamstrungעִקֵּרiker
hamstring
To cut the leg tendons of an animal.
Where else “iker” appears- and their chariotsמַרְכְּבֹתֵיmarkvote
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “markvote” appears- he burnedשָׂרַףsaraf
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “saraf” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and its king he struck with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms.