Joshua 6:16

“And it came about, at the seventh time, when the priests blew the horns, that Joshua said to the people, “Raise the acclamation! For YHWH has given you the city.”

Joshua 6:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 6:16, word by word

And it came aboutיְהִיyehi

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “yehi” appears
at the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיתsheviit

seventh

Seventh.

Where else “sheviit” appears
timeפַּעַםpaam

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

Where else “paam” appears
when the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” appears
blewתָּקְעוּtaku

blow

To blow the trumpet.

Where else “taku” appears
the hornsשּׁוֹפָרוֹתshofarot

horn (shofar)

Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.

Where else “shofarot” appears
that 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
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
to the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
“Raise the acclamationהָרִיעוּhariu

shout, sound an alarm

Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.

Where else “hariu” 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
has givenנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natan” appears
the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “ir” appears

The context

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.

16 · This verse (above)

17The city shall be a thing devoted to destruction, it and all that is in it, to YHWH. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

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