Joshua 8:26 Go deeper
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For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. (KJV)
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וִיהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙vi.ho.Shu.a'and 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 8:26 word 1
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 2
הֵשִׁ֣יבhe.Shivhe drew back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 3
יָד֔וֹya.Dohand his
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 4
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 5
נָטָ֖הna.Tahhe had stretched out
Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to stretch
Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 6
בַּכִּיד֑וֹןba.ki.Donwith the javelin
Lemma: כִּידוֹן (ki.don) · Strong's: H3591
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: javelin
Used 9 times. Also: Joshua 8:18, 1 Samuel 17:6, 1 Samuel 17:45, Job 39:23, Job 41:29, Jeremiah 6:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3591; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 7
עַ֚ד'aduntil
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 8:26 word 8
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 9
הֶחֱרִ֔יםhe.che.Rimhe had totally destroyed
Lemma: חָרַם (cha.ram) · Strong's: H2763A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to devote/destroy
Used 51 times. Also: Exodus 22:20, Leviticus 27:28, Leviticus 27:29, Numbers 21:2, Numbers 21:3, Deuteronomy 2:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2763A; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 10
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 11
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 12
יֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants of
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 13
הָעָֽי\׃ha.'Ai<the> Ai
Lemma: עַי (ay) · Strong's: H5857G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Ai
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:3, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 7:3, Joshua 7:4, Joshua 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5857G; TAHOT Joshua 8:26 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Joshua | → | יְהוֹשׁוּעַ H3091G Joshua |
| did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| draw back | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| the hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| held | → | נָטָה H5186 to stretch |
| his battle lance | → | כִּידוֹן H3591 javelin |
| until | → | עַד H5704 till |
| he had devoted to destruction | → | חָרַם H2763A to devote/destroy |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| who lived | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| in Ai | → | עַי H5857G Ai |
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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