And sevenוְשִׁבְעָהpriestsכֹהֲנִיםshall carryיִשְׂאוּsevenשִׁבְעָהrams’הַיּוֹבְלִיםhornsשׁוֹפְרוֹתbeforeלִפְנֵיthe ark.הָאָרוֹןAnd on the seventhוּבַ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםyou shall go aroundתָּסֹבּוּthe cityאֶת הָעִירsevenשֶׁבַעtimes,פְּעָמִיםand the priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםshall blowיִתְקְעוּthe horns.בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת
Joshua 6:4
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “fene” appears- the arkאָרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- And on the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- 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.”