they gatheredוַיִּתְקַבְּצוּtogetherיַחְדָּוto fightלְהִלָּחֵםwithעִםJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand withוְעִםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith oneאֶחָדvoice.פֶּה
Joshua 9:2
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With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:2, word by word
- they gatheredיִּתְקַבְּצוּyitkabtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yitkabtsu” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- 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- 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- with oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- voiceפֶּהpe
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pe” appears
The context
1And it came about, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, in the Shephelah, and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it,
2 · This verse (above)
3But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,