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And their sons,וְאֶת בְּנֵיהֶםwhom he raised upהֵקִיםin their place,תַּחְתָּםthemאֹתָםJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַcircumcised,מָלforכִּיthey wereהָיוּuncircumcised,עֲרֵלִיםbecauseכִּיthey had notלֹאcircumcised themמָלוּ אוֹתָםon the way.בַּדָּרֶךְ
Joshua 5:7
Study it in the app“And their sons, whom he raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.”
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Joshua 5:7, word by word
- And their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- whom he raised upהֵקִיםhekim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hekim” appears- 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- circumcisedמָלmal
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “mal” appears- they wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- uncircumcisedעֲרֵלִיםarelim
uncircumcised
A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
Where else “arelim” appears- on the wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
The context
6For forty years the sons of Israel walked in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, had come to an end, who did not listen to the voice of YHWH; to whom YHWH swore that he would not let them see the land that YHWH had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it came about, when all the nation had finished being circumcised, that they stayed in their places in the camp until they recovered.