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Joshuaוִיהוֹשֻׁעַdid notלֹאdraw backהֵשִׁיבhis handיָדוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe had stretched outנָטָהwith the javelinבַּכִּידוֹןuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרhe had devoted to destructionהֶחֱרִיםallאֵת כָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Ai.הָעָי
Joshua 8:26
Study it in the app“Joshua did not draw back his hand that he had stretched out with the javelin until he had devoted to destruction all the inhabitants of Ai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 8:26, word by word
- Joshuaיהוֹשֻׁעַyhoshua
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 “yhoshua” appears- draw backהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- he had stretched outנָטָהnata
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nata” appears- with the javelinכִּידוֹןkidon
javelin
Javelin: a short spear thrown by hand.
Where else “kidon” appears- he had devoted to destructionהֶחֱרִיםhecherim
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hecherim” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Aiעָיay
Ai
See it on the mapWhere else “ay” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as recalling the raised hands of Moses in the war against Amalek (Exodus 17:11-12).
Places in this verse
Ai ?
Today: possibly et-Tell or Khirbet el-Maqatir, West Bank
A city east of Bethel; its exact site is not certain.
Israel was defeated there because of Achan's sin (Josh 7:2-5), and later God gave them the victory (Josh 8:1).
The context
25All who fell that day, from man to woman, were twelve thousand, all the men of Ai.
26 · This verse (above)
27Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel plundered for themselves, according to the word of YHWH that he had commanded Joshua.