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So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַmadeוַיַּעַשׂfor himselfלוֹflintצֻרִיםknivesחַרְבוֹתand circumcisedוַיָּמָלthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלatאֶלthe Hillגִּבְעַתof the Foreskins.הָעֲרָלוֹת
Joshua 5:3
Study it in the app“So Joshua made for himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at the Hill of the Foreskins.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 5:3, 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- madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- flintצֻרִיםtsurim
flint
Hard, sharp stone, like the flint of which knives were made; and the edge of a sword.
Where else “tsurim” appears- knivesחַרְבוֹתcharvot
knife
A knife or other edged tool.
Where else “charvot” appears- and circumcisedיָּמָלyamal
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “yamal” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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 Hillגִּבְעַתgivat
hill
Hill.
Where else “givat” appears- of the Foreskinsעֲרָלוֹתaralot
foreskin
The skin cut in circumcision.
Where else “aralot” appears
The context
2At that time YHWH said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel again, a second time.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised: all the people who came out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way when they came out of Egypt.