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And I sentוָאֶשְׁלַחthe hornetהַצִּרְעָהbefore you,לִפְנֵיכֶםand it droveוַתְּגָרֶשׁthemאוֹתָםout before you,מִפְּנֵיכֶםthe twoשְׁנֵיkingsמַלְכֵיof the Amorite;הָאֱמֹרִיnotלֹאwith your swordבְחַרְבְּךָand notוְלֹאwith your bow.בְקַשְׁתֶּךָ
Joshua 24:12
Study it in the app“And I sent the hornet before you, and it drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorite; not with your sword and not with your bow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 24:12, word by word
- And I sentאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- the hornetצִּרְעָהtsira
hornet
Hornet or wasp.
Where else “tsira” appears- before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- and it droveתְּגָרֶשׁtegaresh
drive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “tegaresh” appears- the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- with your swordחַרְבְּcharb
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appears- with your bowקַשְׁתֶּkashte
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashte” appears
The context
11And you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the lords of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I gave them into your hand.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities that you had not built, and you live in them; of vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant you are eating.’