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And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. (KJV)
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וַיְהִי֩vay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 1
כְּכַלּ֨וֹתke.kha.Lotwhen finished
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to end: finish
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 2
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'Joshua
Lemma: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (ye.ho.shu.a) · Strong's: H3091G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joshua
Used 204 times. Also: Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:13, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 32:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3091G; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 3
וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 4
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 5
לְהַכּוֹתָ֛םle.ha.ko.Tamto strike down them
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 6
מַכָּ֥הma.Kaha defeat
Lemma: מַכָּה (mak.kah) · Strong's: H4347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wound
Used 48 times. Also: Leviticus 26:21, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 25:3, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, Deuteronomy 29:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4347; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 7
גְדוֹלָֽה\־ge.do.lah-great
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 8
מְאֹ֖דme.'Odvery
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 9
עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 10
תֻּמָּ֑םtu.Mamwere finished they
Lemma: תָּמַם (ta.mam) · Strong's: H8552
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to finish
Used 62 times. Also: Genesis 47:15, Genesis 47:18, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 26:20, Numbers 14:33, Numbers 14:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8552; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 11
וְהַשְּׂרִידִים֙ve.ha.se.ri.Dimand the survivors
Lemma: שָׂרִיד (sa.rid) · Strong's: H8300
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: survivor
Used 27 times. Also: Numbers 21:35, Numbers 24:19, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 3:3, Joshua 8:22, Joshua 10:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8300; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 12
שָׂרְד֣וּsa.re.Duthey survived
Lemma: שָׂרַד (sa.rad) · Strong's: H8277
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to escape
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8277; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 13
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they went
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 14
אֶל\־'el-into
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 15
עָרֵ֥י'a.Rei[the] cities of
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 16
הַמִּבְצָֽר\׃ha.miv.Tzar<the> fortification
Lemma: מִבְצָר (miv.tsar) · Strong's: H4013
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fortification
Used 37 times. Also: Numbers 13:19, Numbers 32:17, Numbers 32:36, Joshua 19:29, Joshua 19:35, 1 Samuel 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4013; TAHOT Joshua 10:20 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Joshua | → | יְהוֹשׁוּעַ H3091G Joshua |
| and the Israelites | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| . . . | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| continued | → | כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish |
| to inflict | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| a terrible | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| . . . | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
| slaughter | → | מַכָּה H4347 wound |
| until | → | עַד H5704 till |
| they had finished them off | → | תָּמַם H8552 to finish |
| and the remaining | → | שָׂרִיד H8300 survivor |
| survivors | → | שָׂרַד H8277 to escape |
| . . . | → | |
| retreated | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the fortified | → | מִבְצָר H4013 fortification |
| cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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