Study it in the app“And Joshua said, “Why have you brought ruin on us? YHWH will bring ruin on you this day.” And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.”
And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Whyמֶהhave you brought ruin on us?עֲכַרְתָּנוּYHWHיְהוָהwill bring ruin on youיַעְכֳּרְךָthisהַזֶּהday.”בַּיּוֹםAnd allכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלstoned himוַיִּרְגְּמוּ אֹתוֹwith stones,אֶבֶןand they burned themוַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹתָםwith fireבָּאֵשׁand stoned themוַיִּסְקְלוּ אֹתָםwith stones.בָּאֲבָנִים
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearstrouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “acharta” appearsYHWH
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” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsIsrael
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” appearsstone
Stone to death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.
Where else “yirgmu” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “yisrfu” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsstone
To pelt someone with rocks, or kill them so.
Where else “yisklu” appears24Then Joshua took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, the cloak, the tongue of gold, his sons and his daughters, his ox, his donkey, his flock, his tent, and all that he had, and all Israel was with him; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
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26And they raised over him a great heap of stones, which is there to this day. Then YHWH turned from the burning of his anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.
