Joshua 6:4

“And 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.”

Joshua 6:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 6:4, word by word

And sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

Where else “shiva” appears
priestsכֹהֲנִיםchohanim

priest

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

Where else “chohanim” appears
shall carryיִשְׂאוּyisu

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “yisu” appears
rams’יּוֹבְלִיםyovlim

ram's horn

The horn of a ram, blown like a trumpet.

Where else “yovlim” appears
hornsשׁוֹפְרוֹתshofrot

horn (shofar)

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

Where else “shofrot” appears
beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the arkאָרוֹןaron

ark

The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.

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And on the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

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dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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you shall go aroundתָּסֹבּוּtasobu

go around

To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.

Where else “tasobu” appears
the cityעִירir

city

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

Where else “ir” appears
timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim

time

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

Where else “peamim” appears
shall blowיִתְקְעוּyitku

blow

To blow the trumpet.

Where else “yitku” appears

Translation note

These are rams’ horns, not the metal trumpets of Numbers 10.

The context

3You shall go around the city, all the men of war, circling the city once. Thus you shall do for six days.

4 · This verse (above)

5And it shall be, when they make a long blast with the horn of the ram, when you hear the sound of the horn, that all the people shall raise a great acclamation, and the wall of the city will fall in its place, and the people shall go up, each man straight ahead.”

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