Joshua 10:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּם֙ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֔דוּ רִדְפוּ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֔ם וְזִנַּבְתֶּ֖ם אוֹתָ֑ם אַֽל־תִּתְּנ֗וּם לָבוֹא֙ אֶל־עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֧י נְתָנָ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And ʾattem not taʿămōdû ridpû after ʾōyəbêkem and wə-zinnabtem them not tittənûm lābôʾ to ʿārêhem because nətānām YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem in yedkem

Grammar Details

*ʾattem*: 2nd masculine plural pronoun - you
*taʿămōdû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with negative particle - do not stand
*ridpû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - pursue
*ʾōyəbêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your enemies
*wə-zinnabtem*: waw consecutive + Piel perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and attack their rear
*tittənûm*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with negative particle + 3rd masculine plural suffix - do not allow them
*lābôʾ*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to enter/come
*ʿārêhem*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their cities
*nətānām*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - he has given them
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
*yedkem*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your hand

Word Meanings

*ʾattem*: you (plural)
*taʿămōdû*: stand/stay/stop
*ridpû*: pursue/chase/follow
*ʾōyəbêkem*: your enemies/your adversaries
*wə-zinnabtem*: attack their rear/cut off their rear/strike their tail
*tittənûm*: allow them/permit them/let them
*lābôʾ*: to enter/to come/to go
*ʿārêhem*: their cities/their towns
*nətānām*: has given them/has delivered them
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: your God
*yedkem*: your hand/your power/your control

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 10:20 : 20 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, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
2 Sam 17:13 : 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
2 Sam 20:6 : 6 And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
Ps 18:37-41 : 37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. 38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Isa 9:14-15 : 14 Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day. 15 The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Jer 48:10 : 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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