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And they devoted to destructionוַיַּחֲרִימוּallאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרwas in the city,בָּעִירfrom manמֵאִישׁtoוְעַדwoman,אִשָּׁהfrom young manמִנַּעַרtoוְעַדold man,זָקֵןtoוְעַדox,שׁוֹרlamb,וָשֶׂהand donkey,וַחֲמוֹרwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword.חָרֶב
Joshua 6:21
Study it in the app“And they devoted to destruction all that was in the city, from man to woman, from young man to old man, to ox, lamb, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 6:21, word by word
- And they devoted to destructionיַּחֲרִימוּyacharimu
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “yacharimu” appears- was in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- from manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- from young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- old manזָקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- oxשׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- lambשֶׂהse
lamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appears- and donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- with the edgeפִיfi
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appears- of the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
The context
20So the people raised the acclamation, and they blew the horns. And it came about, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people raised a great acclamation, and the wall fell in its place; and the people went up into the city, each man straight ahead, and they took the city.
21 · This verse (above)
22And to the two men who had spied out the land Joshua said, “Go into the house of the woman, the prostitute, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, just as you swore to her.”