Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּםin the morningבַּבֹּקֶרand hadוַיַּקְרֵבIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלcome nearיַּקְרֵבby its tribes,לִשְׁבָטָיוand the tribeשֵׁבֶטof Judahיְהוּדָהwas taken.וַיִּלָּכֵד
Joshua 7:16
Study it in the app“Joshua rose early in the morning and had Israel come near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 7:16, word by word
- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- rose earlyיַּשְׁכֵּםyashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and hadיַּקְרֵבyakrev
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “yakrev” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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- by its tribesשְׁבָטָיshevatay
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevatay” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- was takenיִּלָּכֵדyilached
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilached” appears
The context
15And 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.’”
16 · This verse (above)
17He had the family of Judah come near, and he took the family of the Zerahite; and he had the family of the Zerahite come near man by man, and Zabdi was taken.