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They went aroundוַיָּסֹבּוּthe cityאֶת הָעִירon the secondבַּ הַשֵּׁנִיdayיּוֹםonceפַּעַם אַחַתand returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּto the camp.הַמַּחֲנֶהThusכֹּהthey didעָשׂוּfor sixשֵׁשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
Joshua 6:14
Study it in the app“They went around the city on the second day once and returned to the camp. Thus they did for six days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 6:14, word by word
- They went aroundיָּסֹבּוּyasobu
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “yasobu” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- on the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- onceפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- onceאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- and returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- to the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- they didעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- for sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears
The context
13And the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of YHWH were going, going on and blowing the horns, and the armed men were going before them, and the rear guard was going after the ark of YHWH, going on and blowing the horns.
14 · This verse (above)
15And it came about on the seventh day that they rose early at the rising of the dawn and went around the city in this same manner seven times; only on that day they went around the city seven times.