And it shall be thatוְהָיָהthe one who is takenהַנִּלְכָּדwith the things devoted to destructionבַּחֵרֶםshall be burnedיִשָּׂרֵףwith fire,בָּאֵשׁheאֹתוֹand allוְאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe has,לוֹbecauseכִּיhe has transgressedעָבַרthe covenantאֶת בְּרִיתof YHWHיְהוָהand becauseוְכִיhe has doneעָשָׂהa disgraceful thingנְבָלָהin Israel.’”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Joshua 7:15
Study it in the app“And it shall be that the one who is taken with the things devoted to destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of YHWH and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 7:15, word by word
- And it shall be thatהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the one who is takenנִּלְכָּדnilkad
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkad” appears- with the things devoted to destructionחֵרֶםcherem
devoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “cherem” appears- shall be burnedיִשָּׂרֵףyisaref
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “yisaref” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- he has transgressedעָבַרavar
transgress
To break a covenant or command.
Where else “avar” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of 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- he has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- a disgraceful thingנְבָלָהnevala
outrage, folly
Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.
Where else “nevala” appears- in Israel.’יִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
14In the morning you shall come near by your tribes, and it shall be that the tribe that YHWH takes shall come near by families, and the family that YHWH takes shall come near by households, and the household that YHWH takes shall come near man by man.
15 · This verse (above)
16Joshua rose early in the morning and had Israel come near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.