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You shall go aroundוְסַבֹּתֶםthe city,אֶת הָעִירallכֹּלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof war,הַמִּלְחָמָהcirclingהַקֵּיףthe cityאֶת הָעִירonce.פַּעַם אֶחָתThusכֹּהyou shall doתַעֲשֶׂהfor sixשֵׁשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
Joshua 6:3
Study it in the app“You shall go around the city, all the men of war, circling the city once. Thus you shall do for six days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 6:3, word by word
- You shall go aroundסַבֹּתֶםsabotem
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “sabotem” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- circlingהַקֵּיףhakef
go around
To go around a city, or to enclose someone on every side.
Where else “hakef” appears- onceפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- onceאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- you shall doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- for sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
2YHWH said to Joshua, “See, I have given into your hand Jericho and its king, its mighty warriors.
3 · This verse (above)
4And seven priests shall carry seven rams’ horns before the ark. And on the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the horns.